Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after Senate Republicans unveiled a revised version of their health care...
Warren, Neal, Dozens of Members of Congress Introduce Refund Equality Act to Provide Equal Tax Treatment for Married Same-Sex Couples
Jul 13, 2017
Washington, DCSenator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.), and 71 of their congressional colleagues today introduced the Refund Equality...
Ranking Member Neal Opening Statement at Markup of Bipartisan Health & Oversight Bills
Jul 13, 2017
Washington, DC(Remarks as prepared) Mr. Chairman, thanks for holding this bipartisan markup today. I hope we hold more meetings like these—this is what the American people want and expect from their...
Congressman Richard E. Neal Announces $99,871 Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Fairview Hospital
Jul 6, 2017
Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON – Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Doreen Hutchinson, Vice President of Operations, and Fairview Hospital staff this morning to announce a $99,871 Grant...
US Rep. Richard Neal touts Obamacare’s impacts on Massachusetts hospitals, raises concerns about market uncertainty
Jul 6, 2017
Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON -- Making the case for keeping the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, touted the impacts the law, known as Obamacare, has had on...
A Hilltown tradition marches on: Chesterfield’s 70th Fourth
Jul 4, 2017
Chesterfield, MACHESTERFIELD — The sun shone brightly Tuesday morning as throngs of people, including Congressman Richard Neal, lined South Street and Main Road in Chesterfield. They wove American...
US Rep. Richard Neal slams findings in CBO’s Senate health care bill analysis
Jun 27, 2017
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, continued to push back Tuesday against Republican-led efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, taking issue with findings included in the...
Democrats Blast GOP Senate Health Bill As Tax Cut For The Rich
Jun 27, 2017
Washington, DCThe Baker Administration has analyzed how the health care bill being weighed by Republicans in the U.S. Senate would impact Massachusetts. Gov. Charlie Baker warned the plan by Senate...
Local lawmakers react to health care bill
Jun 27, 2017
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Some politicians remain divided as new numbers show millions would be without health insurance if the latest health care bill is passed....
Chesterfield among four latest hilltowns to receive state broadband grants
Jun 27, 2017
Chesterfield, MACHESTERFIELD -- Four more rural hilltowns planning to "go it alone" have received state money to help build their own fiber optic networks. The Baker-Polito administration today...
Neal Statement on CBO Report for Senate GOP Health Care Bill
Jun 26, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a score of the...
Neal, Pascrell Statements on Guatemala Labor Report
Jun 26, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statements after a Central...
Congressman Richard E. Neal Statement on $4.5 Million for “Last-Mile” Broadband Connectivity
Jun 26, 2017
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the Baker-Polito Administration awarded $4.5 million for “Last Mile” broadband connectivity...
Springfield’s Union Station comes back to life (Guest viewpoint by Rep. Richard Neal)
Jun 25, 2017
Washington, DCForty years ago on June 23, 1977, I stood in the Grand Concourse of Springfield Union Station in front of hundreds of friends and supporters. It was there, underneath the marble-faced...
Union Station grand opening honors Springfield history
Jun 25, 2017
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD -- Stephen Wichrowski Jr. still remembers the first time he took a train at Union Station. "It was the summer of 1953 and I was on my way to camp in Lyme, New...
Springfield’s new Union Station opening today
Jun 25, 2017
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Contractors who worked to restore Union Station will be the first to take a look inside this morning. Hundreds of contractors and their families will have...
Congressional Corner With Richard Neal
Jun 23, 2017
Washington, DCBerkshire County has lost a political leader. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. To hear the interview, click...
Springfield’s Union Station Set To Reopen
Jun 23, 2017
Washington, DCA new era in transportation in western Massachusetts begins in a few days. After being closed for decades, Union Station in Springfield is reopening following a years-long $95 million...
Neal Statement on Senate GOP Health Care Bill
Jun 22, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after Senate Republicans unveiled their health care bill: “Republican Senators have...
Ranking Member Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on the President’s Trade Policy Agenda with USTR Robert Lighthizer
Jun 22, 2017
Washington, DC(Remarks as prepared) Ambassador Lighthizer, I want to welcome you on behalf of the Committee Democrats. Today’s hearing is an opportunity for us to hear from you about the...