Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement prior to attending a bill signing ceremony at the White House, where President Biden will sign H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, into law:
“After years of hard work, more than 2 million retired public servants will sleep easier knowing relief from the negative impact… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said the bill President Joe Biden signed into law Sunday afternoon that increases Social Security payments for some public employees will affect more than 100,000 residents in Massachusetts.
Nationally, the bill aimed at current and former public employees would affect nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters,… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Committee Member Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV) released the following statement on Medicare’s new $2,000 cap on prescription drug costs taking effect today, January 1, 2025:
“With the new year comes another way Democrats are delivering on lower costs and more breathing room for the American people,” the… Read more »
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of Holyoke native and Pearl Harbor Veteran Harry L. Chandler at the age of 103.
“Harry Chandler emulated what it meant to be a part of the Greatest Generation – selflessly serving his nation without hesitation and without want for recognition. His actions on that fateful day on December 7, 1941, are… Read more »
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of former President James Earl Carter, Jr.
“James Earl Carter, Jr. led a long and distinguished life committed to service and will be remembered for his humble, yet iron-will to do good unto others. Prior to running for elected office, I recall him working with the Habitat for Humanity in the early 1970s,… Read more »
With Christmas in the rearview mirror, members of the African-American community and the Jewish faith each lit candles to kick off their own holidays Thursday.
About 40 people gathered inside City Hall in the morning to celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa, called umoja or unity, with music, dancing and the lighting of the first of seven candles signifying each day of the holiday… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted House Republicans and the President-elect for returning to their same failed playbook of putting billionaires before the American people:
“The President-elect and House Republicans are barreling toward forcing our troops, law enforcement, TSA agents, among the rest of our federal workforce, to go without pay over the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey, Governor Maura T. Healey, Major General Gary W. Keefe, Colonel David L. Halasi-Kun, State Senator John Velis, and Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe in celebrating the stationing of a new fleet of F-35 aircraft at Barnes Air National Guard Base (ANGB), which was made official… Read more »
The Secretary of the Air Force has signed off on stationing F-35 jets at Barnes Air National Guard Base and the National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing.
The signature of Biden appointee Frank Kendall III on a record of decision closes a yearlong environmental review and achieves a bureaucratic milestone just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with a… Read more »
The NBA today announced its celebrations of the 2nd annual World Basketball Day to honor the game and bring people together from around the world. The day was established in 2023 by the United Nations and is observed annually on December 21, the date Dr. James Naismith first introduced the game of basketball at the Springfield YMCA in 1891.
World Basketball Day celebrates… Read more »
