Springfield, MA | Audrey Russo, Amanda CallahanSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- If you have a child under the age of 18 you could soon get a $3,000 tax credit. That's what is proposed under the...
In Unprecedented Conditions, Neal, Pascrell Urgently Demand IRS Extend 2021 Tax Filing Season
Mar 8, 2021
Washington, DC Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
Congressman Richard Neal discusses ‘American Rescue Plan’ before House votes on relief package
Mar 8, 2021
Springfield, MA | WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP/AP) – Most Americans can expect more money in their bank accounts soon, after the Senate passed a new coronavirus relief package over the weekend. The...
US Rep. Richard Neal confident $1.9 trillion rescue plan will be on President Biden’s desk by the end of the week; votes on transportation, minimum wage hike await
Mar 8, 2021
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, The RepublicanSPRINGFIELD — House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal is confident not only that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue plan will pass the House...
Rep. Neal addresses Senate’s revised $1.9 trillion stimulus bill
Mar 6, 2021
Springfield, MA | Morgyn Joubert, Leon Purvis, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The U.S. is one step closer to providing citizens a $1,400 stimulus check as the Senate passes a...
Chairman Neal: “The time is now, and our work continues.”
Mar 5, 2021
Washington, DCFollowing instructions from Speaker Pelosi to begin working on an infrastructure and jobs package, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following...
$33 million for Pittsfield included in local aid through virus relief plan
Mar 4, 2021
Washington, DC | Danny Jin, The Berkshire EagleNow that the clerks have completed their all-night reading of the 628-page COVID-19 relief bill, senators are poised to push for approval this weekend....
House Democrats pass $1.9 trillion stimulus bill with no bipartisan support
Feb 28, 2021
Springfield, MA | Leon Purvis, Morgyn Joubert, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- House Democrats pass a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, but not one House Republican voted in favor...
OTR: Rep. Richard Neal breaks down $1.9 trillion relief bill that passed House
Feb 28, 2021
Boston, MA | Ed Harding, Janet Wu, WCVBBOSTON — The Massachusetts congressman and chair of the House Ways and Means Committee also addresses the challenges of getting the package onto President Joe...
Chairman Neal Statement on House Passage of American Rescue Plan Act
Feb 27, 2021
Washington, DCTonight, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of...
Chairman Neal Floor Remarks on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Feb 27, 2021
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) M. Speaker, more than a year has passed since the coronavirus was first detected in the United States. In that time, we have lost over half a million...
COVID relief heads to Senate after key help from Massachusetts congressmen
Feb 27, 2021
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, The RepublicanThe House passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan early Saturday morning with $1,400 direct payments to Americans and with two members of the...
Neal Statement on the U.S. International Trade Commission’s Report “Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts”
Feb 24, 2021
Washington, DCToday, the U.S. International Trade Commission released their findings pursuant to a Tariff Act of 1930 section 332 investigation requested by Chairman Richard E. Neal last year. ...
Ways and Means Committee Finalizes Markups of American Rescue Plan
Feb 22, 2021
Washington, DC | Valerie Bell, Spectrum 1 NewsThe American Rescue Plan is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package proposed by President Joe Biden. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee,...
Rep. Neal addresses progress of American Rescue Plan
Feb 22, 2021
Springfield, MA | Ryan Trowbridge, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal addressing the American Rescue Plan on Monday. The plan, which was the nearly $2 trillion...
Neal sees “tight guidelines” on state, local aid
Feb 22, 2021
Boston, MA | Michael P. Norton, State House News ServiceBOSTON (SHNS) – By the end of this week, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus bill could be on its way to the U.S. Senate,...
Rep. Richard Neal expects American Rescue Plan vote Friday; infrastructure plan to follow
Feb 22, 2021
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, The RepublicanSPRINGFIELD — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard E. Neal said Monday he expects President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American...
Neal, Pascrell Raise Alarms Over Slow Start to 2021 Filing Season
Feb 19, 2021
Washington, DCA week into the most important tax filing season in recent memory, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr....
US Rep. Richard Neal helps bring thousands of delayed COVID vaccine doses to Massachusetts from Southern states pummeled by weather
Feb 19, 2021
Springfield, MA | Stephanie Barry, The RepublicanSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal on Thursday worked with the White House to rescue thousands of doses of coronavirus vaccine stranded in...
Over 100,000 vaccine doses heading to Mass. after being stranded by winter weather
Feb 19, 2021
Springfield, MA | Ryan Trowbridge, Audrey Russo, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- More than 100,000 of Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccine doses are saved from being stranded in the winter...