Washington, DC Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after Speaker Ryan and Leader McConnell unveiled their tax reform framework: “It’s...
Neal Opening Statement at Democratic Forum on Tax Reform
Sep 27, 2017
Washington, DC(Remarks as prepared) Thank you everyone for coming today to discuss the important topic of tax reform. While Republicans are hiding behind closed doors to formulate how they’re...
Trump will not end Northern Ireland envoy, congressman says
Sep 27, 2017
Washington, DCUS president Donald Trump will not end the position of Northern Ireland special envoy, a congressman said following a meeting on Tuesday. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson had...
Trump defies GOP over tax cuts for the rich
Sep 27, 2017
Washington, DCPresident Donald Trump — eager to work with Democrats on tax reform — upended Republican leaders' plans to cut taxes for the rich just as the party is set to unveil its much-awaited...
Whitehouse, Neal Introduce Bill to Help Americans Save for Retirement
Sep 26, 2017
Washington, DCToday, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced legislation to help millions of Americans save for a financially secure retirement through an automatic payroll deduction Individual...
Neal Receives Assurance from President Trump that Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Will Not Be Eliminated
Sep 26, 2017
Washington, DCFollowing a meeting on tax reform at the White House today with bipartisan members of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Richard E. Neal urged President Donald J....
US Rep. Richard Neal touts House’s support for bill creating Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coin
Sep 26, 2017
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, lauded House lawmakers this week for backing legislation that would create a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coin in...
US Rep. Richard Neal meets with President Donald Trump on tax reform
Sep 26, 2017
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, and more than a dozen other members of the House Ways and Means committee met with President Donald Trump Tuesday to discuss the Republican's...
Dem: Trump administration open to negotiation on top individual tax rate
Sep 26, 2017
Washington, DC Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin indicated at a meeting Tuesday that the White House is open to negotiating on lowering the top individual tax rate to 35 percent, Rep. Richard Neal...
Commemorative coin proposed to celebrate basketball’s 125th
Sep 26, 2017
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Celebrating the Birthplace of Basketball through money – Congressman Richard Neal is hoping that a newly-minted idea will be a slam dunk! Neal...
U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal Announces the House Passage of H.R. 1235, The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
Sep 25, 2017
Washington, DCU.S. Representative Richard E. Neal announced on Monday the passage of H.R. 1235, The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act in the House of Representatives....
Neal Statement on Preliminary CBO Report of Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill
Sep 25, 2017
Washington, DC Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a preliminary...
U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal Congratulates Mount Holyoke College on Research Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Sep 21, 2017
South HadleySouth Hadley, MA – Today, U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $452,759 in grant funding to Mount...
Neal & Pallone Urge HHS to Extend Open Enrollment Period Due to Historic Hurricane Season
Sep 21, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Health and Human...
US Rep. Richard Neal, Democratic leaders seek investigation into HHS Secretary Tom Price’s travel
Sep 21, 2017
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, joined several senior congressional Democrats this week in calling on federal oversight officials to investigate allegations that Health and...
Dems call for extended ObamaCare open enrollment in wake of storms
Sep 21, 2017
Washington, DCTwo top House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to extend the open enrollment period for ObamaCare and Medicare Advantage plans in the wake of a series of major hurricanes....
Congress members urge Tillerson to retain North envoy
Sep 21, 2017
Washington, DC32 members of the U.S. House of Representatives – one for every Irish county – have signed on to a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urging the retention of a U.S. envoy to...
Neal & Pallone Slam CMS’s Proposed Changes to CMMI
Sep 20, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following joint statement...
Democrats Request Investigation into Secretary Price’s Travel
Sep 20, 2017
Washington, DCSenior Congressional Democratic leaders sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) today requesting an investigation into reports that...
U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal Statement on Cassidy-Graham
Sep 20, 2017
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA - U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal released the following statement ahead of the potential Senate vote on the Cassidy-Graham bill: "As early as this week, the...