Springfield, MAWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement celebrating the 89th anniversary of the enactment of the Social Security Act: ...
Springfield to fight climate change with $20M grant for historically disadvantaged neighborhoods
Aug 14, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.comThe city will see more than 1,500 new trees planted, the Mason Square Library will soon have a more reliable, environmentally friendly...
Neal Statement on July 2024 Jobs Report
Aug 2, 2024
Springfield, MAWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) July 2024 jobs report: “With 43...
Neal Statement on Senate Republicans Blocking Tax Breaks for Kids, Small Businesses, and Disaster Victims
Aug 1, 2024
Springfield, MAWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked H.R. 7024 from further action: ...
North Adams Regional Hospital is now officially a critical access hospital. Here’s what that means for its financial future
Aug 1, 2024
North Adams, MA | By Sten Spinella, The Berkshire EagleThe new North Adams Regional Hospital won’t have to worry about money like the old one. Berkshire Health Systems announced Thursday that...
Congressman Neal shows support for Teamsters pension plan
Jul 30, 2024
Dorchester, MA | By Amy Phillips, 22 NewsA plan to protect the New England Teamsters Pension Plan, the third largest Teamster pension fund in the nation, has been approved. The Pension...
Funding announced for flyover at West Springfield Front Street rail crossing
Jul 30, 2024
West Springfield, MA | By James Paleologopoulos, WAMC Northeast Public RadioFunding for a superstructure solution to a longtime traffic headache in Hampden County, Massachusetts has been announced....
Neal Celebrates Protecting New England Teamsters Pension Plan
Jul 30, 2024
Dorchester, MAToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined union leaders and members at the Joint Apprentice and Training Committee Electrical Training Center to celebrate protecting the New...
Neal Celebrates Funding for Flyover at West Springfield Rail Crossing
Jul 29, 2024
West Springfield, MAToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Rail & Transit Administrator Meredith Slesinger, West Springfield...
Neal Statement on Protecting 600,000 Teamster Pensions
Jul 29, 2024
Springfield, MAWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement highlighting the latest award from the American Rescue Plan’s “Butch Lewis”...
‘To better our lives on Earth’: NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson of Pittsfield prepares for 6-month mission to International Space Station
Jul 26, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comNASA astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson and her crewmates completed this week 18 months of training ahead of the planned August launch to the...
Springfield purchases Liberty Street parcel to connect open space along Abbey Brook
Jul 24, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.comA small parcel of land off Liberty Street that was once targeted to be a gas station or small commercial plaza will instead be protected as...
Neal Statement on the 235th Anniversary of the Committee on Ways and Means
Jul 24, 2024
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking 235 years since the Committee was founded on July 24, 1789: “Today, the oldest...
Mass. lawmakers call on the Pentagon to ground the Osprey again until crash causes are fixed
Jul 19, 2024
Washington, D.C. | By Tara Copp, The Associated PressThree Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to ground the V-22 Osprey aircraft again until the military can fix the...
MassDOT approves next steps in West-East Rail with five-year capital investment plan
Jul 18, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Duncan MacLean, 22 NewsThe state Department of Transportation has approved a new five-year capital investment plan which includes another huge sum of money to advance the vision...
Neal Lauds Healey-Driscoll Administration for Continued Support of West-East Rail
Jul 18, 2024
Springfield, MAToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Board of Directors voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2025-2029...
A federal grant for Lenox will pay back costs of emergency repairs to Town Hall roof, cupola
Jul 17, 2024
Lenox, MA | By Clarence Fanto, The Berkshire EagleIt’s never too late to celebrate a big federal grant for an important historic preservation project. At a Town Hall gathering on Tuesday with...
Neal Announces $750,000 for Lenox Town Hall Restoration Project
Jul 16, 2024
Lenox, MAToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined State Representative and Interim Town Manager Smitty Pignatelli to announce a $750,000 earmark for the Lenox Town Hall Restoration Project. ...
100 years of US-Ireland relations commemorated with Congressional resolution
Jul 12, 2024
Washington, D.C. | IrishCentral Staff, IrishCentralUS Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) and Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus, introduced a...
Neal Congratulates Deva Kyle on Nomination to Lead PBGC
Jul 11, 2024
Springfield, MAToday, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s nomination of Deva Kyle to be Director of the...