Washington, DC Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined with Reps. Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Richard Neal (MA-1), Danny K. Davis (IL-7), Marcia...
Tributes paid to ‘great hero and true peacemaker’
Aug 3, 2020
Washington, DC | RTE IrelandTributes have been paid to former SDLP leader and Nobel laureate John Hume who died this morning. President Michael D Higgins said everyone who sought and worked for...
Neal Celebrates Nearly $1.2 Billion in SBA Funding Across First Congressional District of Massachusetts
Aug 1, 2020
Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined local business leaders at The Log Cabin in Holyoke to celebrate the success of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA)...
Congressman Neal celebrates the success of the Paycheck Protection Program
Aug 1, 2020
Springfield, MA | Morgyn Joubert, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal and local business leaders came together today to celebrate the success of the Paycheck...
Holyoke press conference highlights PPP loans
Aug 1, 2020
Washington, DC | Dave Canton, The RepublicanA group of area business people who received assistance from the first round of stimulus funding from the Small Business Administration’s the Paycheck...
Neal Announces Major Wins in Appropriations Package
Jul 31, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal highlighted significant victories for western and central Massachusetts, and other communities across America in H.R. 7608, the first “minibus” of...
Unemployed Americans Plead for Senate Republicans to Do Their Jobs and Extend Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Jul 31, 2020
Washington, DC | Ways and Means Democrats held a listening session with recipients of the assistance who will face devastation when the benefit lapsesThis morning, Ways and Means Committee Chairman...
Federal program providing extra $600 a week to unemployed expires Friday
Jul 31, 2020
Washington, DC | Hector Molina, WWLP(WWLP) – The federal program that is currently providing more than 30 million unemployed Americans with an extra $600 per week expires Friday. As of now, leaders...
Chairman Neal Statement on the 55th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
Jul 30, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid...
Kuster, Neal, Malinowski, Raskin, McGovern Introduce Legislation to Protect National Scenic Trails from Pipeline Development
Jul 30, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Congressman James P. McGovern...
Ways and Means Democrats Introduce Legislation to Protect Seniors and People with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis
Jul 29, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) introduced the Fairness for...
Chairman Neal Statement on House Passage of the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act
Jul 29, 2020
Washington, DC | Neal, a key architect of the bill, hosted a roundtable discussion on child care in the COVID-19 era last weekToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA)...
Chairman Neal Floor Remarks on the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act
Jul 29, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) M. Speaker, today we are considering H.R. 7327, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, which I introduced together with my friend and colleague,...
Neal Introduction of Paul Barabani, former Superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, at the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearing on State Veterans’ Homes
Jul 29, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning Chairwoman Brownley and Ranking Member Dunn. Thank you for inviting me today to the Subcommittee on Health’s hearing, Who’s in Charge? Examining...
Chairman Neal Floor Remarks Honoring John Lewis
Jul 29, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, M/ Speaker. I rise today with great sadness to say a few words on the life of my friend and colleague, John Lewis. John was the bravest, yet most...
Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Former Superintendent Testifies Before Congress
Jul 29, 2020
Holyoke, MA | WBZ, CBS BostonHOLYOKE (CBS) – The former superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home spoke before Congress Wednesday. Paul Barabani retired in 2016, and he said he warned...
Retired Holyoke Soldiers’ Home leader Paul Barabani testifies before Congress, calling for more federal aid to support vets’ homes amid pandemic
Jul 29, 2020
Washington, DC | Stephanie Barry, MassLiveMembers of Congress and the Trump administration differed on “where the buck stops” for veterans nursing facilities during a committee hearing Wednesday on...
Congressional hearing explores oversight of soldiers’ homes
Jul 29, 2020
Washington, DC | Shira Schoenberg, Commonwealth MagazineAT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING on Wednesday, the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home was held up as a model – a model of what can go wrong when an odd...
Holyoke Medical Center receives $8.7 million in federal funding after Soldiers’ Home outbreak
Jul 27, 2020
Holyoke, MA | WCVBHOLYOKE, Mass. — A Massachusetts hospital has been granted $8.7 million in federal funding after stepping up during the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home. The...
Chairman Neal Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Jul 26, 2020
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): “Thirty years...