Nov 14, 2025
By Dareh Gregorian, NBC News President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting a range of food imports — including coffee, beef and bananas — from his reciprocal tariff policies....
Nov 14, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after it was reported that the Trump Administration will back down on their...
Nov 14, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — Square One child care says it’s “back to Square One,” reopening in a new $15.5 million center on William Street, 14 years after a 2011...
Nov 14, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal expects a vote on releasing the Epstein files on Wednesday or Thursday, though what the Senate does remains unclear. “I...
Nov 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the House government funding vote: “For 43 days, Republicans have held the people’s...
Nov 12, 2025
Watch the Full Event Here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01),...
Nov 10, 2025
LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media Springfield U.S. Representative Richard Neal said Monday he will be voting "no" on a deal to reopen the federal government. Most Democrats had...
Nov 10, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) on the continued failure of the GOP record on health care: “Republicans were never going to act on lowering...
Nov 7, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) failed to release a monthly jobs...
Nov 6, 2025
LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media The question whether President Donald Trump has the authority to implement trade tariffs went before the Supreme Court Wednesday. The President...
Nov 6, 2025
By Hadley Barndollar | HBarndollar@masslive.com An estimated 337,000 of the state’s 400,000 health insurance marketplace enrollees will soon lose federal subsidies that make their coverage...
Nov 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced she would not seek reelection in 2026, capping...
Nov 6, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Trump posed with pharmaceutical CEOs and followed in Democrats’ footsteps to...
Nov 5, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com WASHINGTON – If U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal himself had been able to write the questions Supreme Court justices asked Wednesday about Trump tariffs, they...
Nov 4, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com CHICOPEE – The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts worked Monday afternoon to obtain and distribute enough food to get needy households through a November...
Nov 3, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com CHICOPEE – The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts worked Monday afternoon to obtain and distribute enough food to get needy households through a November...
Nov 3, 2025
Chicopee, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Andrew Morehouse, Executive Director of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, to highlight the impact of delayed Supplemental...
Oct 31, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement ahead of the start of ACA Open Enrollment, when millions of Americans will look...
Oct 30, 2025
LISTEN HERE New England Public Media | By Adam Frenier Springfield U.S Representative Richard Neal is calling on President Donald Trump to take action to preserve food assistance benefits, which are...
Oct 29, 2025
WATCH HERE by: Areta Odiah, 22 News CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The government shutdown has reached its 29th day, with local officials expressing concern as no resolution appears imminent. As the...
