Jan 8, 2026
LISTEN HERE New England Public Media | By Adam Frenier The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Thursday to pass a three-year extension to health care tax credits under the Affordable Care...
Jan 8, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) took to the House Floor to demand Republicans finally choose families over billionaires, extend the ACA tax...
Jan 7, 2026
LISTEN HERE WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By James Paleologopoulos As the dust begins to settle on recent U.S. actions in Venezuela, lawmakers in western Massachusetts are demanding answers over the...
Jan 3, 2026
By Mark Gardyna, Western Mass News (WGGB/WSHM) - On Saturday, Representative Richard Neal and Senator Elizabeth Warren released a statement in reaction to the military operation in Venezuela that...
Jan 3, 2026
Springfield, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after President Trump conducted an unauthorized military operation that resulted in the capture of...
Dec 30, 2025
By Bill Schmick, The Berkshire Eagle In 2025, more than 1 million workers saved $2 billion plus toward retirement through state-sponsored automated savings plans. Now, legislation introduced by a...
Dec 24, 2025
LISTEN HERE WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By James Paleologopoulos Last week, the United States Congress left Washington for the year - after both the House and Senate came short of passing key...
Dec 22, 2025
By Sarah Heinonen | The Westfield News | sheinonen@thereminder.com SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health CEO Peter Banko and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal sat on either side of a low table in front of about 150...
Dec 18, 2025
After another Trump announcement that lacks transparency or any detail, Committee Leaders press major pharmaceutical companies on whether agreements actually lower prices for medications or just...
Dec 17, 2025
LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media Four Republicans in the U.S. House on Wednesday joined with Democrats in forcing a vote on extending tax credits under the Affordable Care Act....
Dec 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) spoke on the House floor to slam the Republican health care bill, which does nothing to lower costs for families or...
Dec 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Leader Jeffries’s discharge petition, to extend the enhanced Affordable...
Dec 17, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after voting in favor of both H.Con.Res. 61 – Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War...
Dec 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement underscoring the importance of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism, as Jewish...
Dec 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the overdue November...
Dec 15, 2025
By Samuel Gelinas, Hampshire Gazette SPRINGFIELD — Calling the looming impact of cuts to health care contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill and the expected expiration of tax credits from the...
Dec 15, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD – President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, passed this summer, will cost Baystate Health $146.7 million a year, its president...
Dec 15, 2025
By Brian Anderson, 401K Specialist Magazine House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) today reintroduced the Automatic IRA Act, which would expand retirement coverage for...
Dec 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) reintroduced the Automatic IRA Act, which would expand retirement coverage for millions of workers. The...
Dec 12, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement blasting House Republicans for another unworkable attempt to hike costs on millions of...
