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he January 6th Select Committee held another public hearing on Capitol Hill this morning. Bi-partisan senators announce deal on first gun control legislation in decades The committee continues to outline a 7-part plan by former President Trump to overthrow the 2020 presidential election. Monday’s hearing focused on the former president’s deliberate narrative that the election was… Read more »

U.S. Rep Richard Neal visited the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s West Parish Filters water treatment plant in Westfield Friday afternoon as workers continued working on the new clearwell and backwash pump station project.   The $25 million project at the Westfield facility, Phase 1 of which began in December, is part of a $550 million effort across 20 projects by the… Read more »

The vacant parcel of land in the city’s North End that used to be home to a neighborhood landmark will become a lasting tribute to a neighborhood legend.   Members of the New North Citizens Council, along with community, civic and political leaders, held a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday on the grounds of the former Chestnut Junior High School at Chestnut and Prospect streets. The… Read more »

Tonight, Congressman Bill Keating, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe; Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and Co-Chair of the Friends of Ireland Caucus; Congressman Brendan Boyle, Co-Chair of the Congressional EU Caucus; and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe issued the below… Read more »

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the United Kingdom’s introduction of legislation to change the Northern Ireland Protocol:   “I continue to urge the U.K. and the EU to find joint, negotiated solutions to post-Brexit trading arrangements. We must cooperate and stay united in rebuilding our global… Read more »

The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s 250,000 customers across the lower Pioneer Valley might take the water in their tap for granted.   “It’s amazing,” said U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, Friday on a tour of the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission West Parish Filters Water Treatment Plant in Westfield.   He stopped off as workers craned… Read more »

Twice during the Jan. 6 Committee’s two-hour televised hearing on Thursday night, witnesses and members of Congress mentioned Room 208 in the U.S. Capitol or the Ways and Means Committee room.   Those spaces are where U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield was that day. He serves as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.   “I think that anybody who would… Read more »

The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission (Commission) was pleased to host Congressman Richard Neal (MA-1) for a Regional Water Roundtable today at West Parish Filters Water Treatment Plant in Westfield, MA to tour construction progress of the West Parish Filters Facility upgrades and discuss issues affecting the water sector. As part of the tour, the Commissioners Vanessa Otero and… Read more »

City and state officials gathered in celebration of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts’ groundbreaking ceremony on June 2. The food bank is constructing a new food distribution center on Carew Street. While currently operational in Hatfield, the food bank is developing a new headquarters location in wake of rising food insecurity rates. Factors driving the rising insecurity rates… Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s latest reports on unemployment insurance in the pandemic: “The evidence is clear: the Federal Pandemic Unemployment compensation created by the Ways and Means Committee supported Americans in a time of need, prevented a deep… Read more »