Springfield, MA | State providing $2.5 million to advance project that represents important next phase in downtown revitalizationSPRINGFIELD - Today, Governor Charlie Baker joined Springfield Mayor...
US Rep. Richard Neal says ‘the bar for supporting a new NAFTA will be high’
Oct 1, 2018
Washington, DC | Shannon Young, MassLiveDespite the White House's Monday call for Capitol Hill lawmakers to approve its proposed trilateral trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, at least one...
Neal Statement on Updated NAFTA Agreement
Sep 30, 2018
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced that the United States and Canada...
Markey, Warren, Neal to file legislation forcing Charter to carry Massachusetts stations
Sep 29, 2018
Pittsfield, MA | Terry Cowgill, Berkshire EdgePittsfield — There is finally hope for tens of thousands of exasperated Berkshire County television watchers who could care less about Andrew Cuomo or...
Congressman Neal Welcomes Regional Chambers of Commerce Members to Capitol Hill
Sep 28, 2018
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal hosted his annual “Washington Symposium” this week for regional Chambers of Commerce where nearly 40 participants from western and central Massachusetts had...
Senators Markey, Warren, and Rep. Neal Introduce Legislation to Restore WCVB and WWLP Television Channels to the Berkshires
Sep 28, 2018
Washington, DC | Charter removed WWLP TV in April 2017 and WCVB TV in June 2018Boston (September 28, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01)...
Neal, House Committee Leaders Announce Support for Opioid Package
Sep 26, 2018
Washington, DC Today, Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Judiciary Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the...
STCC awarded $1.15 million in grants from National Science Foundation
Sep 24, 2018
Springfield, MA | Funding supports developing curricula for internet technology and advanced photonicsSPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The National Science Foundation awarded two separate grants to...
3 area fire departments receive federal grants
Sep 24, 2018
Washington, DC | Telegram & Gazette StaffFire Departments in Gardner, Sturbridge, and Ashburnham have been awarded grants as part of the latest round of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s...
Hume film reminds us of risks taken by Americans during early Troubles
Sep 23, 2018
Washington, DC | Suzanne Lynch, Irish TimesLast Sunday, residents of the small town of Springfield, Massachusetts gathered for a screening of Maurice Fitzpatrick’s In the Name of Peace: John Hume in...
Neal Statement on the One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria
Sep 20, 2018
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA - U.S. Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the one year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin...
US Rep. Richard Neal, citing Springfield CRRC jobs, says ban on buying Chinese rail cars ‘misguided’
Sep 19, 2018
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD -- As the U.S.-vs.-China trade war escalated Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said he'll work against a potential ban on transit agencies spending...
FEMA awards $130K in grants to first responders
Sep 14, 2018
Springfield, MA | Dick Lindsay, Berkshire EagleThree Berkshire communities will share nearly $130,000 to upgrade their firefighting and first responder equipment. The Federal Emergency Management...
Neal Opening Statement at Tax 2.0 Markup
Sep 13, 2018
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Chairman Brady. It’s been eight months since the Republicans passed their massive, unpaid-for tax cut bill without a single Democratic vote. At...
Neal Opening Statement on H.R. 6757 at Tax 2.0 Markup
Sep 13, 2018
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Chairman Brady. Unfortunately, today our country is in the midst of a retirement crisis. Nearly half of American private sector employees –...
Neal Blasts GOP’s “Tax 2.0” as More of the Same Failed Policy
Sep 10, 2018
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after Republicans released the text of their new tax legislation:...
New Coalition to End Hunger campaign looks to raise awareness around food insecurity in Hampden County
Sep 10, 2018
Holyoke, MA | Shannon Young, MassLiveHOLYOKE -- For Shannon Yaremchak, hunger and homelessness aren't abstract concepts, they're realities she and her four children have faced in the years since her...
Food Bank launches food-insecurity awareness campaign
Sep 10, 2018
Holyoke, MA | Jacquelyn Voghel, Daily Hampshire GazetteHOLYOKE — For Shannon Yaremchak, an instructor at the Corporation for Public Management, food insecurity remains a looming threat even as she...
Mass. Lawmakers Announce Nearly $4.5 Million in Federal Grants to Massachusetts Fire Departments
Sep 7, 2018
Washington, DCUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives Richard E. Neal, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, William Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy III,...
Neal Statement on Republican Attack on Pre-Existing Condition Protections
Sep 5, 2018
Washington, DCWays & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after today’s oral arguments in Texas v. United States: “Today, the Trump Administration...