Springfield, MA | By Jeanette DeForge, The Springfield Republican A total of 36 of the city’s most vulnerable residents will soon be handed a key to their own apartment with their own kitchen,...
Neal Statement on Trump Administration Cancelling $90 Million in Disaster Prevention Aid for Massachusetts
Apr 16, 2025
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced the cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program,...
Ranking Members Neal and Connolly Demand Social Security Abandon Administration’s Plans to Make it More Difficult for Americans to Get Their Earned Benefits
Apr 15, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) sent a letter to U.S. Social...
Congressman Neal slams Trump tariffs after filing resolution to override the president
Apr 14, 2025
Washington, D.C. | By Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe US Representative Richie Neal cosponsored a measure that would block President Trump’s “emergency” tariff power last week. Then, on Friday, the...
Neal Continues to Highlight Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts on First Congressional District during Visit to Life Care of Wilbraham
Apr 14, 2025
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Dennis Lopata, Executive Director of Life Care of Wilbraham, to highlight the impact of proposed Medicaid cuts on the First Congressional District. Last...
Loss of Social Security numbers called ‘digital murder’ for immigrants
Apr 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. | By Jim Kinney, The Springfield Republican The White House acknowledged Friday reclassifying more than 6,000 living immigrants with temporary status and legal Social Security...
Ways and Means Democrats Expand Oversight of the Trump Administration and Demand Answers on DOGE’s Meddling in the National Database for New Hires and the Social Security Administration
Apr 11, 2025
Ways and Means Democrats have filed two more Resolutions of Inquiry, demanding all information on DOGE’s unauthorized probes into the National Directory for New Hires and cuts at the Social Security...
U.S. Rep Richard Neal announces $500,000 earmark for Williamstown Meetinghouse
Apr 10, 2025
Pittsfield, MA | Berkshire Edge Today, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal (D – 1st Massachusetts District) joined Carrie Greene, president of the Williamstown Meetinghouse Preservation Fund, to announce...
Ways and Means Democrats introduce bill to end tariff chaos, reclaim Congress’ trade authority
Apr 10, 2025
Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), along with all Ways and Means Committee Democrats, today introduced the Stopping a Rogue President on Trade Act, a...
Neal, Ways and Means Democrats Demand Answers on HHS Regional Office Closures
Apr 10, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), along with every other Ways and Means Democrat, wrote to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy...
Neal, Larson Statement on Latest Trump Weaponization of Social Security
Apr 10, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (D-CT) released the following statement lambasting the Trump...
Neal Leads Massachusetts Delegation in Demanding Answers on the Sudden Closure of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regional Office in Boston
Apr 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation - Senator Elizabeth Warren...
Neal Leads Massachusetts Delegation in Demanding Answers on the Sudden Closure of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regional Office in Boston
Apr 9, 2025
Letter Text PDF Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation - Senator...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on the Trump Administration’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda
Apr 9, 2025
(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to Ambassador Greer for being here today. From the economic soft-landing President Trump was handed, it’s only taken him 79 days to...
Neal Blasts Republicans’ Phony Arithmetic on the House Floor
Apr 9, 2025
WATCH HERE"Mr. Speaker, the proposal that we're hearing from the other side is reckless and irresponsible. What they're saying is what they usually say. Let's complain about the size of the national...
Hands Off! protests oppose actions of President Trump, Elon Musk
Apr 5, 2025
South Hadley | By Claire Overton, 22 News Residents in the state and around the country participated in “Hands Off!” protests on Saturday, showing their opposition toward President Trump and Elon...
Neal Statement on March 2025 Jobs Report
Apr 4, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) March 2025 jobs report: “Unemployment is rising, and...
Neal, Boyle, Wyden, Merkley Release Staggering New Cost Estimate of Republican Tax Plan, Blast Giveaways to Corporations and the Wealthy
Apr 3, 2025
New JCT Estimate Pegs Cost of Extending 2017 Trump Tax Law at $5.5 Trillion, Up from Previous Estimate of $4.6 Trillion; Republican Plan for Additional Tax Breaks Could Increase Overall Cost of...
Neal Statement on Senate GOP Budget Resolution
Apr 2, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their budget blueprint and attempted to disguise over $5 trillion in...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Trade War Escalation
Apr 2, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Donald Trump escalated his reckless trade war: “The President just marked for history...