Aug 15, 2025
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Frank Valeri, President of Mass Retirees Association, Shawn Duhamel, CEO of Mass Retirees Association, and Joshua Powers, Director of Government...
Aug 15, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — Staffing at local Social Security offices is down 40% since January, said Rafael Castillo, the American Federation of Government Employees...
Aug 13, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ahead of the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal...
Aug 8, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) responded to reporting that Trump has fired the IRS Commissioner Billy Long, the sixth IRS Commissioner in 2025: “We...
Aug 8, 2025
By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Less than two months after U.S. Senate Republicans confirmed Billy Long as head of the Internal Revenue Service, the scandal-plagued commissioner...
Aug 8, 2025
By Sarah Heinonen | Reminder Publishing WILBRAHAM — To honor the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal visited the residents at Life Care Center of Wilbraham, a...
Aug 7, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted Trump’s latest tariffs that went into effect on August 7, 2025: “Trump’s economic sabotage went into effect today. With...
Aug 4, 2025
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after Democrats in the Texas State Legislature left the state to break quorum and prevent a vote on the gerrymandered congressional map:...
Aug 1, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com GREENFIELD — Tariffs and the uncertainty created by President Donald Trump caused July’s dismal jobs numbers reported on Friday, said U.S. Rep. James P....
Aug 1, 2025
Washington, D.C.|By Jim Kinney, Mass Live The national economy added 73,000 jobs in July and 258,000 fewer jobs were created in May and June than previously estimated. The numbers were so bad,...
Aug 1, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the July 2025 jobs report and the Trump Administration’s sweeping new tariffs on 90...
Jul 31, 2025
By Tara Suter, The Hill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing heavy backlash from Democrats over a Wednesday remark in which he talked about “a backdoor for privatizing Social...
Jul 31, 2025
On the eve of another missed, self-imposed trade deadline for the Trump Administration, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement: “Almost...
Jul 31, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking Member Danny K. Davis (D-IL)...
Jul 30, 2025
By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday admitted that a provision in Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a mechanism for privatizing Social...
Jul 30, 2025
Following Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s admission that so-called ‘Trump Accounts’ are a backdoor to privatizing Social Security, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D‑MA)...
Jul 30, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid into...
Jul 29, 2025
Wilbraham, MA | By James Paleologopoulos, Northeast Public Radio Wednesday, July 30, marks 60 years since Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law – major amendments to the Social Security Act of...
Jul 28, 2025
Springfield, MA | By Nicole Buddie, WWLP-22 News Questions about Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump’s relationship are growing. This comes just weeks after the U.S. attorney general and the...
Jul 23, 2025
Following a closed-door, bipartisan meeting with CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) demanded a full Committee hearing when Congress returns in...
