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SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal announced more than $2.4 million for Head Start programs in western and central Massachusetts on Thursday. The grants are through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that Neal, as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, helped write. “This investment will help our local Head Start programs continue preparing… Read more »

Springfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal announced over $2.4 million for local Head Start programs today. These grant funds were secured through the American Rescue Plan that Congressman Neal helped to write.   “This investment will help our local Head Start programs continue preparing children in western and central Massachusetts for success, and help parents get… Read more »

Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today after President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Massachusetts State Representative for the 11th Plymouth District, Claire Cronin, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ireland. “I am delighted that State Representative Claire Cronin has been nominated by President Biden to be the next United… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — Meeting with a 4- and 5-year-olds at Square One in Springfield on Monday, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said it’s these children’s families who will be most impacted by the expansion of the Child Tax Credit under the American Rescue Plan. “I think this addresses one of the most stubborn parts of economic reality in America, and that’s childhood… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on Child Tax Credit (CTC) Awareness Day: “The advanceable, expanded version of the Child Tax Credit that Ways and Means Democrats included in the American Rescue Plan will give hard-working families timely, life-changing support. In just 24 days, the Biden… Read more »

Springfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means visited Springfield’s Square One on Monday morning to celebrate the success of the expanded Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan and bring awareness to the monthly payments that will begin arriving for eligible families in July. Square One’s President and CEO Dawn… Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in California v. Texas, which rejected Republican efforts to overturn the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA): “I am relieved that the Supreme Court rejected Republican efforts to strike down the ACA. The ACA has been a lifeline for… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) For the past year and a half, we have focused our energies on responding to the devastation, economic uncertainty, and tragic loss of life brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. But today we are meeting with renewed optimism and an eye toward the future: not just our next year of recovery, but also the next decade ahead. We are in a position to look to the… Read more »

Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Biden Administration withdrew a Trump Administration proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rule that would have eliminated broad-based categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and potentially kept millions of Americans from the temporary food… Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s resolution of the long-standing Boeing-Airbus trade dispute: “I commend Ambassador Tai and the Biden Administration for resolving one of the longest trade disputes in U.S. history in a manner that delivers for American workers and businesses.… Read more »