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LEE — When the coronavirus pandemic first began, and a terrified public stayed home, employees at Boyd Technologies kept going to work. The family-owned company quickly tailored its medical and life-science manufacturing labs off Route 20 to make face masks. Eight months later, it is on track to make 60 million per year — half surgical and half N95 respirators. All the… Read more »

Lee, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Boyd Technologies CEO Stephen Boyd and CCO Matthew Boyd for a tour of their advanced materials and technology company and discussion of their response to COVID-19. The facility in Lee is currently scaling up production for personal protective equipment (PPE), including surgical masks and N95 respirators. According to the company, they… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden announced the formation of his Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board: “Unlike the Trump Administration, President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris take this pandemic seriously. Their swift formation of a COVID-19 advisory… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) October 2020 jobs report: “Today’s numbers demonstrate the limits of economic recovery during a still-uncontrolled pandemic. The new record-breaking spikes in cases across the country imperil our ability… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The city of Springfield is moving ahead with preventative action to protect inner-city neighborhoods from future flooding. Congressman Richard Neal and Mayor Domenic Sarno committed $2.5 million in federal funds to make certain the Watershop Pond dam remains safe for the foreseeable future and beyond. According to a news release sent to 22News from the… Read more »

Americans would be allowed to wait longer to withdraw money from their retirement accounts and have an easier time finding old, forgotten accounts under a bipartisan proposal that contains a broad mix of measures to encourage retirement savings. The offering from Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Kevin Brady (R., Texas), the… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal introduced legislation this week that would expand retirement savings options for workers.  Neal and Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Democrat and Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020 on Tuesday. Bloomberg reported that it's one of the few policies that has a chance of moving… Read more »

House Ways and Means Committee leaders introduced a long-awaited bipartisan collection of retirement savings incentives on Tuesday, building off another sweeping package enacted late last year.  The new proposal, intended to lay the groundwork for action next year if not in a postelection lame-duck session, would among other things expand and enhance the saver’s… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – October is both National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Massachusetts Cybersecurity Month. Cybersecurity officials met with Congressman Richard Neal this afternoon to discuss an uptick in cyber crimes. This year’s theme is “Collaborating for a Secure Future.” The Massachusetts IT Bond Bill included one million dollars for the… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — Cybercriminals have latched onto confusion surrounding COVID-19 in their efforts to gain access to secure computer systems. “They might say, ‘You have a signed check waiting,’” Stephanie Helm, director of the MassCyberCenter, said on a call with local officials Monday. “Or they might say, ‘COVID vaccines are available.’… Read more »