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Neal Statement on the Supreme Court Decision Protecting Access to Mifepristone

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Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision protecting access to mifepristone:   “Today’s Supreme Court ruling gives certainty to millions of American that they can access safe, effective medication, affirming the FDA’s rigorous drug approval processes and the scientific proof they provide. While…

Neal, Wyden, Casey, Bonamici Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Seniors’ Protections from Abuse and Neglect

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House Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA), and Co-Chair of the House Elder Justice Caucus Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today introduced legislation to protect seniors and people with disabilities from abuse, isolation, and neglect.…

Neal Statement on Republicans’ Lower, Slash, Gut Act

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Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Republicans finally went public on their backroom schemes to hold the U.S. economy hostage: “Today exposes another farce from the chaotic, extremist Republican Party. No new ideas, only a hatred of ours. Their long-delayed, irresponsible scheme won’t even follow regular order before it…

Neal Statement on Tax Day

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Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement today marking the end of the 2023 tax filing season: “This Tax Day, the contrast is clear – while Democrats delivered a significant down payment on improving taxpayer services, Republicans are doubling down on undoing this progress to protect tax cheats. Thanks to our investment, this filing…

Neal Statement on ITC Report on U.S. Preference Program for Sub-Saharan Africa

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Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (Commission) report, Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA):  Program Usage, Trends, and Sectoral Highlights. In January 2022, Ranking Member Neal asked the Commission to assess the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a…

Democratic Committee Leaders Write to Health Insurers Regarding Coverage of Preventive Care

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House and Senate Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to 12 of the nation’s largest health insurers and trade associations representing employer-sponsored health plans today requesting information regarding how they plan to respond to the Northern District of Texas’s decision in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra striking down the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement…

Neal, Blumenauer Statement on U.S. Acceptance of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement

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Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) applauded United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai’s signing and presentation of the United States’ instrument of acceptance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies:   “Cracking down on illegal fisheries…

Neal Statement on the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

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Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement regarding the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement:   “Twenty-five years ago, the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom signed the Good Friday Agreement, marking the end of the longest period of conflict in Irish history. It happened because everyone involved acted together in good faith, with both…

Neal Announces $680,000 for Nichols College to Launch Digital Skills Degree Program

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Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Nichols College President Glenn M. Sulmasy to announce a $680,000 earmark to launch a degree program in intelligent business automation, focusing on digital literacy, ethics, learning, and collaboration.   The allocation was made possible through Congressionally Direct Spending (CDS) from the Department of Education. Congressman Neal…

Neal Statement on the Next Chapter in Republicans’ War on Women

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Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement condemning the Texas District Court’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decades-old approval of mifepristone: “Another disaster, fueled by Republican extremism, was just handed down by a right-wing activist judge under the cover of darkness, and now, millions are…

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