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(As prepared for delivery) Mr. Chairman, I want to start off by sending my well wishes to our own Dr. Murphy. Praying his surgery is a success and that he’s back on this dais in no time, and in the meantime, I’ll be keeping him and his family in my thoughts. To the topic at hand, you know how I feel about this and for details to emerge from the press last night enrages me. It’s a crime… Read more »

Neal and Wyden Call on U.S. Trade Representative to Negotiate Strong Trade Agreement with Kenya to Boost Protections for Labor, Environment and Support U.S. Workers and Manufacturers Washington, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act by a bipartisan vote. The legislation previously passed the House within the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act which is currently stalled in the Senate: “Tax Subcommittee… Read more »

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Springfield Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Amanda Pham to announce a $4,116,279 earmark to invest in streetscaping surrounding Springfield Union Station.   The allocation was made possible through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.… Read more »

The city's flood management system feasibility study has acquired the last portion of its funding and is ready to move forward, according to U.S. Rep. Richard Neal.   He announced Thursday that, following months-long discussions with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he had secured $700,000 from the Army Corps’ budget for this fiscal year in order to complete the study, which will… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Thompson (D-CA) marked crossing a key threshold of 218 signatories on a bipartisan discharge petition to force action on legislation that would provide tax relief in the wake of recent disasters and called on Speaker Johnson to schedule a vote on the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal celebrated a significant step in bringing the North Adams Flood Chutes Project to fruition.   After being in frequent communication with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) over the last several months, Congressman Neal has secured $700,000 through USACE’s FY24 budget to complete a feasibility study of the project.     “The… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) Mr. Chairman, we find ourselves back on the Republican road that goes nowhere for the American people and says sky is the limit for the former president. This Committee has reported 30 bills out of Committee and only two have become law.  It’s an utter failure compared to the 116th and 117th Congresses. Now, they dig in even deeper in their… Read more »

Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Co-Chairs of the Friends of Ireland Caucus, reintroduced bipartisan legislation to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.    The E-3 program, introduced in 2005 as part of the U.S. – Australian trade agreement, has made 10,500 visas available to skilled Australian… Read more »

Congressman Mike Lawler is this week submitting an E-3 Visa bill to Congress.   He is not alone.   Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat, and Congressman Mike Kelly, like Lawler a Republican, have reintroduced an E-3 Visa bill.   The two previously presented an E-3 bill to the House of Representatives in 2022.   A statement from the two said that Congressman… Read more »