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Springfield, MA - Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal sent a letter to Governor Charlie Baker expressing concern over the lack of mass vaccination sites in western Massachusetts,  resources and guidance for those who are homebound, and overall accessibility to vaccination clinics across the district.  The letter can be found HERE.  ### Read more »

Tonight, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the Committee’s work in advancing half of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package: “Over the last two days, the Ways and Means Committee has considered aggressive, science-based solutions that will deliver the urgent relief our country so… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) With that, I will now turn to the subject of our meeting today;  putting the American people first by advancing legislation to confront the economic and health challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than a year has passed since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in the United States. In that time, Americans across the country have seen their… Read more »

A key House Democrat said he’s hopeful that talks for free-trade deals with the U.K. and Kenya can be completed this year even as President Joe Biden focuses on enforcement of existing agreements with the U.S.’s biggest partners. The successful negotiation to avoid a physical frontier dividing the island of Ireland after Britain’s departure from the European Union… Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) applauded the inclusion of legislation to protect retirees’ pensions in the COVID-19… Read more »

American adults earning up to $75,000 and couples making $150,000 will likely be eligible for the full $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus checks Democrats are pushing through Congress as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan. If approved by Congress and signed by Biden, the stimulus payments will phase out incrementally based on income, with individuals… Read more »

One way or another, Rep. Richard Neal says Congress is going to pass President Joe Biden’s proposed COVID-19 relief package. And after meeting with Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last Friday, the Springfield Democrat believes it will happen by the “second or third week of March.” Neal, who chairs the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means, joined… Read more »

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Charlie Baker was joined by Congressman Richard Neal at his news conference Monday to discuss the state’s COVID response efforts. Both Neal and Baker feel confident about the Commonwealth’s ability to rebound from this virus. They say they’ve been in constant contact since the start of pandemic and they plan to keep up that… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced the Committee will consider nine legislative proposals under the budget reconciliation instructions this week as the next step in delivering COVID-19 relief to the American people. Beginning on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. through Friday, February 12, 2021, the Committee… Read more »

Promoting the Biden administration’s proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package, U.S. Congressman Richard Neal said neither he nor the president see any room for negotiation with Republicans on the $1.9 trillion bottom line. “This is about a pandemic. This is about stability,” the Massachusetts Democrat said Monday afternoon, speaking alongside Gov. Charlie Baker at the… Read more »