Washington, DCIreland INC, a private sector platform that aims to advance economic development between Ireland and its closest trading partners, hosted the seventh annual Ireland Day at the New York...
Neal Calls on President Trump to Name a New U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
Mar 10, 2017
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal, Co-Chairman of the Congressional Friends of Ireland in the United States Congress, released the following statement today calling on President Donald J....
Ranking Member Neal Opening Statement at Markup of GOP Health Care Repeal Bill
Mar 8, 2017
Washington, DCMr. Chairman, I am disappointed we are here today to consider legislation that reflects not only bad policy, but bad process. And a number of important groups agree: AARP, AMA and AHA...
Pallone & Neal Denounce Republican ACA Repeal Bill
Mar 7, 2017
Washington, DCEnergy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement tonight...
Springfield’s Union Station, shut since 1970s, is reopened for $95m
Mar 7, 2017
Washington, DCIt opened in 1926, a hub for travelers and the commerce hurtling through Western Massachusetts. But time — and changing tastes in travel — were not friends. So in the 1970s,...
New anti-hunger initiative announced in western Massachusetts
Mar 3, 2017
Hatfield, MAHATFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts announced a new anti-hunger initiative in partnership with Holyoke Health Center Friday afternoon. Congressmen Jim...
US Rep. Richard Neal, House Democrats urge GOP to stop hiding Obamacare replacement bill
Mar 2, 2017
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Massachusetts, called on House Republicans Thursday to share with House Ways and Means Committee Democrats legislation that seeks to dismantle the Affordable...
The entire Mass. congressional delegation calls for Sessions resignation
Mar 2, 2017
Washington, DCAll 11 members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are calling for the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the wake of reports that he met with a Russian...
Neal, Pascrell Statements on 2017 USTR Trade Policy Agenda
Mar 1, 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 the Office of...
New Ways and Means ranking Democrat looks for bipartisanship in tax overhaul
Mar 1, 2017
Washington, DCRep. Richard E. Neal of Springfield, Mass. aims to counter conservative priorities of President Donald Trump, while seeking a few shared trophies as the new top Democrat on the Ways...
Massachusetts lawmakers’ make a statement with their guests as Trump addresses Congress
Mar 1, 2017
Washington, DCRefugees and the media. Neither have been particularly popular with President Donald Trump since he took office last month. But members of the Massachusetts delegation in Congress made...
GOP’s Obamacare replacement plans would offer less financial help
Mar 1, 2017
Washington, DCAs congressional Republicans move to solidify their Obamacare repeal-and-replace legislation, concern is mounting that their strategies will leave millions of Americans with less...
US Rep. Richard Neal hopes President Donald Trump will ‘do a reset’ in 1st speech before joint session
Feb 28, 2017
Washington, DCWith President Donald Trump expected to take his message directly to Congress for the first time Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, said he hopes the Republican will use...
House, Senate Bill Would Require Trump to Disclose Foreign Business Interests Before Taking Trade Actions
Feb 16, 2017
Washington, DCA group of 45 Senate and House members today introduced a bill requiring the president to publicly disclose any financial interests that would be at stake before acting on trade...
Neal Statement on Selection to Joint Committee on Taxation
Feb 15, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the Committee’s Democratic Members named him and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) to...
Tiberi and Neal Introduce Tax Legislation to Spur Investment in Communities Across the Country
Feb 15, 2017
Washington, DCCongressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee Richard E. Neal (D-MA) introduced legislation to make the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) a permanent...
Reactions to Flynn’s resignation from across the Berkshires
Feb 15, 2017
Washington, DC"This resignation is the first crack in the vase." That was how state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, D-Pittsfield, described the resignation of retired Gen. Michael Flynn from his...
Statement of Congressman Richard E. Neal on the Resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
Feb 14, 2017
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today following the resignation of President Donald J. Trump’s National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn. “The fact...
Reps. Tiberi and Neal Introduce the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act
Feb 14, 2017
Washington, DCCongressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) introduced the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act (STOP Act) today, legislation designed to help...
Citing national security, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal calls for investigation of Trump’s Russia ties
Feb 14, 2017
Washington, DCSaying "our national security is at stake," U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal is calling for an investigation into the Trump administration's ties to Russia. In a statement Tuesday, the...