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This afternoon, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) will introduce the Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021 – an updated version of the Butch Lewis Act – legislation to address the worsening multiemployer pension crisis that threatens the savings of more than a million American workers and retirees. This is the first bill Chairman Neal will… Read more »

Rep. Richard Neal is on Capitol Hill today to witness the start of Joe Biden’s presidency, which he anticipates will be “a welcome contrast” to the last four years. “I think that one of the things that Joe Biden will always do — given his institutional knowledge and given the fact that he has great regard for our government institutions — it will be a… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Some local elected officials witnessed history on Wednesday and took part in the presidential inauguration ceremony. Western Mass News spoke with Congressman Richard Neal on how this inauguration was different than ever before. First thing Wednesday morning, Neal tweeted, saying: "A new day is upon us." Neal said he was watching President Joe Biden get… Read more »

President Joe Biden’s inauguration served, for U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, as a reminder of “how durable American institutions are.” Neal, D-Springfield, looked on Wednesday as Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in outside the U.S. Capitol, two weeks after a violent mob invaded that building in an attempt to delay certification of November’s… Read more »

Joe Biden took the oath of office at noon Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States. He takes charge in a deeply divided nation, inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. WAMC has been speaking with members of Congress from the Northeast who attended the inauguration. Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal, a Democrat from… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said President Joe Biden did a wonderful job Wednesday addressing, as Neal called it, “the American family” and setting a tone for his new administration. As Biden himself pointed out in a Tweet following his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, now comes a lot of hard work. That includes Biden’s COVID-19 relief legislation, a lot of… Read more »

Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 232-197 on the Article of Impeachment against President Donald J. Trump for Incitement of Insurrection. “We are a nation of laws, traditions, and values. The seditious act we witnessed on January 6th was unprecedented, and President Trump’s response to this horrific attack… Read more »

All eyes will be on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday during the joint session to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Republican allies of President Donald Trump say they will object to some of the results as Trump continues to falsely claim that he won the election. On Twitter today, Trump inaccurately wrote that outgoing Vice President Mike Pence “has the… Read more »

Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help (CASH) Act of 2020: “House Democrats have always favored sending more substantial relief to struggling families, and the CASH Act does just that. Increasing the second round of economic impact… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Tonight, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump signed into law the bipartisan COVID relief and omnibus spending package that Congress passed last week: “The President’s pointless delay in approving this relief legislation cost millions of Americans a week’s worth of… Read more »