HOLYOKE – For months Digna Almonte has found it difficult to keep six feet distance from the young children she works with every day because they need hands-on help and don’t understand they can spread COVID-19.
On Saturday Almonte, a teaching assistant who works with children from kindergarten to grade two at Donahue School, joined about 600 of her fellow educators to get… Read more »
Holyoke, MA – On Saturday, Congressman Richard E. Neal visited Holyoke Health Center’s (HHC) COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at Dean Technical High School where Holyoke Public School staff was receiving vaccines provided through a federal initiative. The clinic had enough vaccines to give first shots to 600 members of the Holyoke Public Schools in one day.
Holyoke Health Center… Read more »
PITTSFIELD — Democratic officials at the federal, state and local levels came together Friday to deliver a message: Help is on the way.
The harmful health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said, called for more help from the federal government, and they see the recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan as proportionate to what… Read more »
Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal of the 1st district came to Pittsfield Friday to announce over $40 million in federal funding for Berkshire County as a part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. The Democratic Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee spoke with WAMC about the legislation, the hopes for a new infrastructure bill, local outcry against the… Read more »
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal stood in Council Chambers on Friday morning to tout the American Rescue Plan that will allocate $34 million to the city of Pittsfield and $41 million to Berkshire County.
Neal was joined by Mayor Linda Tyer, state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, and state Sen. Adam Hinds.
"Boy, it is so refreshing to have the federal… Read more »
Pittsfield, MA – On Friday, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer, State Senator Adam Hinds, State Representative Tricia Farley Bouvier, and local officials celebrated the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act during a press conference at Pittsfield City Hall.
This legislation was signed into law on March 11, 2021 by President Biden and includes vital… Read more »
Springfield, MA – As we mark Equal Pay Day on March 24, Congressman Richard E. Neal said that more needs to be done to close the wage gap that still exists between men and women – including passage of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act. Each year, Equal Pay Day symbolizes when, almost three months into the year, women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid… Read more »
(WWLP) – The Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act was signed into law as part of the American Rescue Plan Act saving retirement security for millions of retired and active workers.
On Tuesday, the Teamsters Union thanked U.S. Representative Richard Neal for his continued support for legislation that will address the worsening multiemployer pension crisis threatening the… Read more »
Springfield, MA - Following news of the horrific shooting at the King Scoopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado that killed ten people, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement.
"I am once again saddened, distressed, and frustrated by the news of yesterday's shooting in Boulder, Colorado. My heart and the hearts of the American family are with the loved… Read more »
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) wrote to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) to express their concerns over… Read more »
