Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Democrats requested that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig provide the Committee with an update on the impact of the coronavirus on the...
Neal Statement Following Meeting with Insurers on Coronavirus Policies
Mar 10, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after meeting with representatives from eight health insurance companies regarding their...
Ways and Means Leaders Seek Additional Information from HHS Regarding Whistleblower Allegation
Mar 10, 2020
Washington, DCAfter receiving an inadequate reply from the Trump Administration to a February 27 letter, leaders on the Ways and Means Committee requested that U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Chairman Neal Floor Statement on Bill to Add Ireland to the E3 Non-Immigrant Visa Program
Mar 9, 2020
Washington, DCI rise today to speak in strong support of bill that unanimously passed this House in a bi-partisan manner last Congress, that would simply allow Irish citizens to access unused...
Neal Statement on the Appointment of Mick Mulvaney as U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland
Mar 8, 2020
Washington, DCChairman Richard E. Neal made the following statement today after the White House announced that former acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has been appointed U.S. Special Envoy to...
Trump announces Mulvaney as special envoy to Northern Ireland
Mar 8, 2020
Washington, DC | Brian O'Donovan, RTEUS President Donald Trump has announced that his acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is to become the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland. The role has been...
Western Massachusetts Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19 Cases
Mar 7, 2020
Washington, DC | Karen Brown, NEPRAs of Saturday, Massachusetts officials say there are 13 confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 in the state – including the first from western Mass. The state's...
Congressman Neal, Lt. Gov. Polito speak at Annual 2020 Outlook Lunch in Springfield
Mar 7, 2020
Springfield, MA | Ariana Tourangeau, Sydney Snow, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass (WWLP) – More than 500 lawmakers were in Springfield on Friday to provide a local, state, and federal outlook to the business...
Neal Votes for Passage of Emergency Coronavirus Response Funding
Mar 5, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after voting in favor of an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to address the...
Neal, Wyden Demand Answers From Trump Administration on Nursing Home Safety Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Mar 5, 2020
Washington, DCHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today sought more information from the Trump Administration...
Neal and DelBene Demand Answers from CMS Regarding Nursing Homes’ Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
Mar 4, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ways and Means Committee member Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare &...
Nexstar, Charter Bringing News to Berkshire County, Mass.
Mar 4, 2020
Washington, DC | Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting+CableNexstar Media Group and Charter Communications said they reached an agreement that will create a special feed of local news from Nexstar’s WWLP-TV...
Mnuchin, Neal tout infrastructure plan as economic stimulus
Mar 4, 2020
Washington, DC | Doug Sword, Roll CallThere exists a “grand opportunity” for Congress and the administration to come together and pass a $1 trillion-plus infrastructure package to counter the...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing of the Committee on Ways and Means on the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
Mar 3, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Welcome Secretary Mnuchin and thank you for joining us today. We are here to examine the President’s 2021 budget, a proposal that doubles down on...
Neal Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear Texas v. United States
Mar 2, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it will hear Texas v. the United States: “The Trump...
22News is coming back to Berkshire County
Feb 29, 2020
Pittsfield, MA | WWLP NewsroomPITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of WWLP-22News, and Charter Communications announced Friday that they have agreed to provide a...
Neal, Markey, Warren Celebrate Return of WWLP-TV22 to Berkshire County
Feb 28, 2020
Washington, DCSenators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Richard E. Neal announced today that he has helped successfully broker a deal between the cable provider Charter...
Deal to return Springfield NBC station to Spectrum lineup in Berkshires
Feb 28, 2020
Washington, DC | The Berkshire EagleSpectrum cable television subscribers in the Berkshires will again be able to view news from WWLP-TV, the Springfield-based NBC affiliate. In a statement released...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing of the Committee on Ways and Means on the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 with Health and Human Services Secretary Azar
Feb 27, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning and welcome Secretary Azar. Thank you for joining us for this important hearing. I think we all understand that you have been very busy...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on U.S.-China Trade and Competition
Feb 26, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning and welcome. We are holding this hearing today at a critical juncture in the U.S.-China trade and economic relationship. The scale and speed of...