May 2, 2018
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, called on the Trump administration this week to clarify details surrounding the new pass-through deduction included in the Republican-backed tax...
May 2, 2018
Washington, DC Federal funds are flowing into a workforce development program for high school dropouts in western Massachusetts. The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $1.1...
May 1, 2018
Washington, DC Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner David...
May 1, 2018
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The YWCA of western Massachusetts is being awarded a $1.1 million grant for its YouthBuild program. Congressman Richard Neal will be in Springfield...
Apr 24, 2018
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA – U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal announced this week that the 2018 entries for the Congressional Art Competition from the First Congressional District are now on...
Apr 22, 2018
Washington, DCIt is a busy period in Washington: House Speaker Paul Ryan is leaving office, the Mueller investigation is heating up, and foreign policy matters are once again in the forefront....
Apr 21, 2018
Washington, DCCongressman Richard Neal of Massachusetts, Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address following Tax Day, Neal...
Apr 20, 2018
Washington, DCIn his most recent weekly address, President Donald Trump said international trade policies and the export of jobs over the past two decades have "hammered American families." Unfair...
Apr 18, 2018
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) In 2016, Central States applied to the Treasury Department to cut retiree benefits giving us a glimpse into what insolvency for a large national pension plan...
Apr 17, 2018
Washington, DCMr. Chairman, thank you for inviting the Secretary of Labor here to discuss this important issue. We agree that there’s a problem here. Good jobs are going unfilled, and millions of...
Apr 17, 2018
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on reports of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) technical problems: “We...
Apr 17, 2018
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX),...
Apr 17, 2018
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) led a letter to Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) from all...
Apr 17, 2018
Washington, DCWhile President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans used Tuesday's tax filing deadline to promote the changes Americans will see when submitting their federal tax returns next...
Apr 17, 2018
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal called on the Internal Revenue Service to extend Tuesday's tax deadline following reports that the agency's online filing system was experiencing technical...
Apr 13, 2018
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) requested Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) immediately hold hearings on proposals to fund...
Apr 13, 2018
Washington, DC – House and Senate Democratic Committee health leaders called on the Trump administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would encourage the sale of junk health plans that will...
Apr 12, 2018
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today in recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day which is being observed this year on Thursday, April 12. “Every year, the...
Apr 12, 2018
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Chairman Brady. Today’s hearing is an important opportunity to discuss the tariffs that the Administration has started imposing recently as a...
Apr 12, 2018
Washington, DCRepublican Speaker of the U.S. House Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he would not be running for re-election this year. And Democratic Congressman Richard Neal of Springfield says he's...
