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...
As tariffs go before high court, Neal believes Trump cannot sidestep Congress
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...
Health insurance premiums set to rise for more than 330K Mass. residents in 2026
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...
Neal Statement on Speaker Pelosi Retirement
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...
Neal on Drug Pricing: “Democrats Paved the Way for Today’s Announcement”
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...
‘Congress has power to tax,’ says Rep. Neal; he thinks justices hearing tariffs case agree
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...
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal seeks GOP negotiation to preserve SNAP food aid
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...
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal seeks GOP negotiation to preserve SNAP food aid
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...
Neal Highlights Impact of Republican Shutdown on SNAP Recipients at Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
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...
Neal Statement on Start of ACA Open Enrollment
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...
Neal calls on Trump to fund SNAP benefits as funding is due to run out
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...
Congressman Neal speaks out on SNAP benefit cuts
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...
Rep. Neal gives update on ending SNAP benefits
Oct 29, 2025
WATCH HERE By Madison Lisowski and Mark Gardyna, Western Mass News SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Our team coverage on the impending loss of SNAP benefits now turns to Western Mass News speaking...
While the Senate buzzes with normal activity, the House remains eerily silent as the shutdown drags on
Oct 28, 2025
By Jim Puzzanghera Globe Staff WASHINGTON — Despite the federal government shutdown, senators from both parties began arriving back at the Capitol late Monday afternoon, and the hallways soon were...
Neal Statement on Latest Democratic Action in the Fight to Lower Prices
Oct 27, 2025
Neal spearheaded new amicus brief before the Supreme Court challenging the unlawful IEEPA tariffs that are ravaging American wallets and businesses SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking...
Neal, House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force Submits Bicameral Amicus Brief to Supreme Court, Challenging Trump’s Unlawful IEEPA Tariffs
Oct 27, 2025
Washington, D.C. — 171 House Democrats and 36 Senators took their fight against President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic on-again-off-again tariffs to the highest court in the land, filing...
Neal, Sánchez joint statement on Trump administration’s China ‘trade deal’
Oct 27, 2025
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today released the following joint statement on the Trump...
Neal Statement on Trump Calling Off Trade Talks with Canada
Oct 24, 2025
Neal was a key architect of USMCA, which Trump called “the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA” SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA)...
Neal, House Democrats Urge USDA To Take Immediate Action To Fund SNAP
Oct 24, 2025
Today, Rep. Don Beyer joined Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), House Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member Angie Craig...
‘Soldier F’ Found Not Guilty
Oct 23, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff A former British army paratrooper known as "Soldier F" was found not guilty Thursday of seven counts of murder and attempted murder resulting from the slaughter on Bloody Sunday...