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(As prepared for delivery) Thank you to the members of the Committee and our colleagues in Congress for taking the time to participate in a time-honored tradition, Member Day. I won’t take up too much time since we have the pleasure of 44 of our colleagues—from both sides of the aisle—joining us today, but it bears repeating that ideas to improve the lives of the American people come… Read more »

In the first hours of his presidency, Donald Trump granted sweeping pardons to January 6 defendants and, on Tuesday, we’re heard exclusively from a Massachusetts congressman who was in the U.S. Capitol that day Congressman Richard Neal said he was on a call with the Secretary of State for northern Ireland when the activity began at the Capitol.  He told Western Mass News that,… Read more »

Three Agawam High School students recently won a Congressional App Challenge for developing a journaling app that can serve as a safe space for students and a way to improve their level of writing. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal (D-Springfield) visited the school on Jan. 13 to present Matilda Larochelle, Aiden Jordan and Justin Barbaneagra with a first-place award for their app, Journal N’ Go.… Read more »

When President-elect Donald Trump officially takes office on Monday, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal will be there.   “Members can make their own determination,” Neal said of other government officials decision whether to attend the 47th president's inauguration. “I’ve not missed one since I’ve been elected … That doesn’t mean we relinquish our points of view.”   Despite months of… Read more »

When U.S. Representative Seth Moulton of Salem attended President Donald Trump’s first inaugural address back in 2017, he thought Trump’s reference to building new railways signaled a possible point of bipartisan collaboration with the new administration. Fast forward eight years, and Moulton says he heard nothing comparably hopeful in Trump’s second inaugural address. Moulton contends… Read more »

Sublime Systems welcomed Mayor Joshua A. Garcia and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, Friday to the now-vacant 16-acre site the Somerville firm selected to scale up its first-of-a kind process for making low-carbon cement.   The site was once a string of paper mills at the foot of Lyman Street, stretched between the Second Level Power Canal and the Connecticut River.… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the Biden Administration's announcement of the selection of the next 15 prescription drugs to be negotiated by Medicare under the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug pricing negotiation program: “President Biden and his Administration are materially lowering costs and changing lives with… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sánchez (D-CA) released the following statement after the Biden Administration released a report on their Section 301 investigation into China’s unfair trade practices in the maritime industry: “Today’s report by the Biden Administration confirms an unquestionable truth: China’s… Read more »

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia and Sublime Manager of Project Development and Community Relations Pat Beaudry to highlight the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C) Program after Sublime Systems was named a recipient of the tax credit.   Established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the 48C credit… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House voted to pass H.R. 33, the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act: “Strengthening the partnership between the United States and Taiwan is imperative for both our economies and national security. Our alliance is ripe for expanded investment, and this bipartisan,… Read more »