Jun 8, 2022
WashingtonToday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to Southbridge, Massachusetts,...
Jun 8, 2022
WashingtonToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s latest reports on unemployment...
Jun 8, 2022
Chicopee, MA | Matt Conway, The ReminderCity and state officials gathered in celebration of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts’ groundbreaking ceremony on June 2. The food bank is constructing a...
Jun 7, 2022
WashingtonUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Bill...
Jun 3, 2022
Springfield, MAToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) May 2022 jobs report: “May brought...
Jun 2, 2022
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, The RepublicanSpringfield Union Station has received a $1.75 million federal rail infrastructure grant for track improvements, the U.S. The Department of Transportation...
Jun 2, 2022
Chicopee, MABy U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, U.S. Reps. Richard Neal and James McGovern Today, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts is breaking ground on an innovative effort that will increase access...
Jun 2, 2022
Chicopee, MA | Amanda Callahan, Rich Crane, and Ryan Trowbridge, Western Mass NewsConstruction for the new Food Bank of Western Massachusetts officially kicked off on Thursday. It’s a project that...
Jun 1, 2022
Springfield, MA | Paul Tuthill, WAMCProject celebrated for both historic preservation and needed housing A ribbon cutting took place Wednesday in Springfield, Massachusetts to celebrate the...
Jun 1, 2022
Springfield, MA | Kate Wilkinson, WWLPA special lunch was held at the Sheraton in Springfield for the Western Mass Economic Development Council. Among those speaking: Congressman Richard Neal....
Jun 1, 2022
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, The RepublicanU.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, is encouraging state lawmakers to create a Western Massachusetts passenger rail authority that would apply for...
Jun 1, 2022
Springfield, MA | Kate Wilkinson, WWLPCongressman Richard Neal is calling the rise in gas prices and inflation an international problem. It comes after President Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet...
May 17, 2022
Springfield, MA | Chris Van Buskirk, MassLiveMembers of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation pressed baby formula manufacturer Abbott Laboratories Tuesday for a timeline on when the company plans...
May 17, 2022
WashingtonAs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) makes headway in standing up the new Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to improve the federal government’s ability...
May 17, 2022
Lowell, MAToday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Assistant Speaker of the House, and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led the Massachusetts Delegation, including Senators...
May 16, 2022
Boston, MA | Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe | Local business leaders launching bid to win the headquarters of newly formed “ARPA-H” medical research hub.Massachusetts is joining the multistate contest...
May 16, 2022
Boston, MA | Kate Lannan, State House News ServiceA bid led by top government, business, higher education and life sciences officials to bring a federal biomedical research agency to Massachusetts...
May 16, 2022
Boston, MA | Governor Charlie Baker, U.S. House Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal, UMass President Marty Meehan, and MassBio CEO Joe Boncore launch effort to build Bay State case for newly-funded...
May 15, 2022
Springfield, MA | Sy Becker, WWLPOn Sunday, Congressman Richard Neal addressed families who sons and daughters aspire to attend one of the nation’s military academies after high school. Outlining...
May 12, 2022
Washington(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Chair Cantwell and Chair Johnson, for calling this important meeting today. It’s nice to see so many of my colleagues from both Chambers and...
