By Sarah Heinonen | The Westfield News | sheinonen@thereminder.com SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health CEO Peter Banko and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal sat on either side of a low table in front of about 150...
Democratic Health Leaders Demand Answers on Trump’s Shady Drug Deals
Dec 18, 2025
After another Trump announcement that lacks transparency or any detail, Committee Leaders press major pharmaceutical companies on whether agreements actually lower prices for medications or just...
Republicans break from leadership to force ACA tax credit vote in the U.S. House
Dec 17, 2025
LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media Four Republicans in the U.S. House on Wednesday joined with Democrats in forcing a vote on extending tax credits under the Affordable Care Act....
Neal on the House Floor: “The Republican Bill Was Put Together with Bubblegum and Elmer’s Glue”
Dec 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) spoke on the House floor to slam the Republican health care bill, which does nothing to lower costs for families or...
Neal Statement on Jeffries Discharge Petition
Dec 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Leader Jeffries’s discharge petition, to extend the enhanced Affordable...
Neal Statement on War Powers Resolution Votes
Dec 17, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after voting in favor of both H.Con.Res. 61 – Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War...
Neal Underscores Importance of Antisemitism Commission Following Sydney Attacks
Dec 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement underscoring the importance of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism, as Jewish...
Neal Statement on November 2025 Jobs Report
Dec 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the overdue November...
Neal, Baystate sound alarm on health cuts
Dec 15, 2025
By Samuel Gelinas, Hampshire Gazette SPRINGFIELD — Calling the looming impact of cuts to health care contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill and the expected expiration of tax credits from the...
Baystate Health warns of $146M yearly hit to its finances of Trump policy bill
Dec 15, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD – President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, passed this summer, will cost Baystate Health $146.7 million a year, its president...
Neal’s ‘Automatic IRA Act’ is Back
Dec 15, 2025
By Brian Anderson, 401K Specialist Magazine House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) today reintroduced the Automatic IRA Act, which would expand retirement coverage for...
Neal Reintroduces Automatic IRA Bill
Dec 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) reintroduced the Automatic IRA Act, which would expand retirement coverage for millions of workers. The...
Neal Blasts Latest Republican Attempt to Gut Health Care
Dec 12, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement blasting House Republicans for another unworkable attempt to hike costs on millions of...
With health care credits on the verge of expiring, Neal calls out Republicans for lack of urgency
Dec 11, 2025
LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media The U.S. Senate Thursday rejected an extension of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. Those subsidies are due to expire at the end of the...
Neal Statement on House Vote on NDAA
Dec 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after voting for the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. “As a member...
Neal Opening Statement at Markup of H.R. 6500, the “AGOA Extension Act”
Dec 10, 2025
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. AGOA has been the cornerstone of America’s partnership with Africa for nearly twenty-five years. At a moment when the White House is actively undermining that relationship,...
Neal Opening Statement at Health, Social Security, Trade, and Tax Markup
Dec 10, 2025
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. After two months apart, it’s nice to see the whole Committee meet together again. There is certainly a lot of work in front of us to meet the needs of the American people,...
Charlemont’s Berkshire East recognized by U.S. Rep. Neal as model for economic recovery
Dec 9, 2025
by Madison Schofield, Greenfield Recorder CHARLEMONT — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal highlighted Berkshire East Mountain Resort this week as a success story of rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic. Neal,...
Neal Highlights Democratic Leadership that Kept Businesses Open and America’s Recovery the Strongest in the World
Dec 8, 2025
Charlemont, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Jon Schaefer, CEO of Berkshire East Mountain Resort, to highlight how Democratic leadership has helped keep businesses open and...
Neal Statement on Latest Public Health Assault by Trump Administration
Dec 5, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine...