Washington, DC | Alan Chartock, WAMCWhat will the $2.2 trillion CARES Act mean for Americans? In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal speaks with WAMC’s Alan...
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Kennedy Leads Massachusetts Delegation Calling for $70 Billion for Community Health Centers
Apr 9, 2020
Newton, MA | Raises concerns about underfunded health centers furloughing staff in MassachusettsNewton, MA – In an urgent appeal to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitch McConnell, Congressman...
Neal: 60 Million Stimulus Checks Expected To Go Out Monday
Apr 9, 2020
Washington, DC | Arjun Singh, Boston Public RadioAmericans who earn less than $99,000 a year can expect to receive stimulus checks from the federal government beginning Monday, Rep. Richard Neal...
Massachusetts Community Health Centers Set to Receive Over $36.5 Million in Federal CARES Act Funding
Apr 8, 2020
Washington, DCUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch...
Coronavirus: Community health centers promised $36.5M from federal CARES Act
Apr 8, 2020
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveCommunity health centers in Massachusetts will receive more than $36.5 million to assist in combating the COVID-19 outbreak. The funding was awarded under the...
CDC Awards Funds to State & Local Jurisdictions in Support of COVID-19 Response
Apr 6, 2020
Washington, DC | Massachusetts to receive $4.3 millionToday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $4.3 million to Massachusetts to support the COVID-19 response. This is in...
Mass. Delegation Urges FEMA to Immediately Release Enough Ventilators from the Strategic National Stockpile to Massachusetts as Hospitals Prepare for Surge
Apr 6, 2020
Boston, MABoston, MA -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal, (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Seth Moulton...
Federal officials have sent 100 of the 1,700 ventilators Mass. requested. That’s ‘absurd,’ lawmakers say
Apr 6, 2020
Washington, DC | Matt Stout, The Boston GlobeWarning that Massachusetts hospitals could run out of ventilators in a matter of days, members of the state’s federal delegation are pressing officials...
Warren, Markey, Neal, Pressley Address Disturbing Reports of Veteran Deaths at Massachusetts Soldiers’ Homes
Apr 3, 2020
Washington, DC | Lawmakers Seek Additional VA Resources to Stop Spread of COVID-19 and Prevent Similar Outbreaks at VA-Operated Long-Term Care Facilities Across the CommonwealthUnited States...
Democratic Health Leaders Call on Trump Administration to Help Struggling Americans and Create Special Health Care Enrollment Period
Apr 3, 2020
Washington, DC | Initial reports show uninsured Americans are facing medical bills upwards of $35,000 for COVID-19 treatmentToday, House and Senate Democratic health leaders strongly urged the Trump...
Neal, Takano, Davis Urge Treasury and IRS to Automatically Issue Economic Impact Payments to Supplemental Security Income and Veterans Affairs Recipients
Apr 3, 2020
Washington, DCLeaders from the House Ways and Means and Veterans’ Affairs Committees today called on U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service...
Following Chairman Neal’s Request, Treasury Decides to Automatically Issue Economic Impact Payments to Social Security Beneficiaries
Apr 2, 2020
Springfield, MA | Neal called on Treasury yesterday to automatically provide the economic impact payments for seniors, veterans, and other low-income individualsSPRINGFIELD, MA – House Ways and...
With Unemployment Claims Skyrocketing, Chairman Neal Questions Why the Department of Labor Has Yet to Distribute Emergency Funding to States
Apr 2, 2020
Springfield, MA | Nearly 10 million Americans have filed unemployment claims in the last two weeksSPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) questioned why the...
Neal Secures Nearly $5 Million in Grant Money for Western Mass Communities for COVID-19 Relief
Apr 2, 2020
Springfield, MA | Funding will be awarded through Community Development Block Grant program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSPRINGFIELD, MA – Last week, Congress successfully...
Amid Shortages of Personal Protective Equipment, Chairman Neal Demands Answers from the Trump Administration
Apr 2, 2020
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) called on the Trump Administration to provide Congress and the public with detailed information...
Coronavirus relief act brings $4.8 million to Western Massachusetts, says US Rep. Richard Neal
Apr 2, 2020
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveFive cities in the 1st Congressional District represented by U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal are getting $4.8 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
Coronavirus and the economy: US Rep. Richard Neal asks when feds will send money to process new unemployment claims
Apr 2, 2020
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveWith nearly 10 million Americans — 330,000 Massachusetts residents among them — filing for unemployment in the last two weeks, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal is...
Holyoke community mourns after 13 deaths reported at Soldier’s Home
Apr 1, 2020
Holyoke, MA | Sydney Snow, Taylor Knight, WWLPHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Holyoke community is mourning after 13 deaths were reported at the Soldiers’ Home Tuesday. Local veterans are also mourning...
Investigation wanted for deaths of 13 veterans at Soldiers’ Home
Apr 1, 2020
Holyoke, MA | Kaylee Pugliese, Leon Purvis, Western Mass NewsHOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- Government officials want answers and an investigation into what happened to veterans at the Soldiers’ Home...
Neal, BMC Answer COVID-19 Questions In Telephone Town Hall
Apr 1, 2020
Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMCMassachusetts Congressman Richard Neal held a telephone town hall Tuesday to answer constituents’ questions about COVID-19. The Democrat from the 1st District...