Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Education and Labor Committee passed H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for...
Amtrak Trains Return to Historic Springfield Union Station
Jun 10, 2019
Springfield, MA | Travelers will now have direct access to refreshed station featuring modern amenities for a better customer experienceSPRINGFIELD, MA – Amtrak’s Northeast Regional, Lake Shore...
Amtrak Moves Passenger Services To Springfield’s Union Station
Jun 10, 2019
Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCAmtrak announced today it has started operating out of Springfield’s historic Union Station. Two years after Union Station reopened following a $95 million...
Amtrak returns to Springfield’s Union Station concourse, new platform expected to open in four weeks
Jun 10, 2019
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Amtrak showed off its new ticket window Monday and checked luggage drop-off on the first floor of Union Station. The counter moves Amtrak customer...
Valley Blue Sox fans gather in MacKenzie Stadium for home opener
Jun 8, 2019
Holyoke, MA | Jennifer Zarate, WWLPHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Valley Blue Sox celebrated their home opener Saturday, with Congressman Richard Neal throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. The...
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, employers, to talk work force development at STCC
Jun 7, 2019
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Employers will gather Monday at Springfield Technical Community College to talk about preparing potential applicants for jobs that businesses are...
Neal Slams President Trump’s Proposed Tariffs on Imports from Mexico, Vows Action in Response
Jun 6, 2019
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s proposal to declare a national...
Congressman threatens to block Donald Trump’s tariffs as talks with Mexico enter second day
Jun 6, 2019
Washington, DC | Michael Collins and Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAYThe chairman of a key congressional committee warned Thursday that he would take steps to block new tariffs against Mexico if...
‘It will pass the House’: U.S. Rep. Richard Neal says he’ll introduce resolution to stop President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico
Jun 6, 2019
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal pushed back Thursday on President Donald J. Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexican imports, calling the plan an “overreach”...
Neal: Lawsuit to obtain Trump tax returns soon to be filed
Jun 6, 2019
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney & Peter Goonan, MassLiveThe fight by House Democrats to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns will go to the courts in a lawsuit soon-to-be filed by the House...
D-Day at 75: Why we should remember
Jun 6, 2019
Washington, DC | Cynthia G. Simison, MassLive‘You just kept going forward and hoped you didn’t get killed,” Earl D. Clark Jr., of West Springfield, remembered. “You’d see people going down around...
Neal, Pallone Demand Materials Related to Administration Efforts that Jeopardize ACA Enrollment Protections
Jun 5, 2019
Washington, DCYesterday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare &...
Neal Announces U.S. Department of Commerce Investment of the Manufacturing Sector in Ludlow, MA Opportunity Zone
Jun 5, 2019
Washington, DCToday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $3.1 million in the Town of Ludlow, Massachusetts,...
Ludlow receives $3 million grant to help upgrade Riverside Road
Jun 5, 2019
Ludlow, MA | Sy Becker, WWLPLUDLOW, Mass. (WWLP) – Congressman Richard Neal was in Ludlow Wednesday to announce a three million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help upgrade...
Neal Opening Statement at Member Day Hearing
Jun 4, 2019
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Thank you to the members of the Committee and our colleagues in Congress for joining me today for this important member day hearing. Today’s hearing is...
Neal Seeks Information on Expanding Long-Term Care Services through Medigap
Jun 3, 2019
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to National Association of Insurance Commissioners President Eric Cioppa, requesting information on ways...
Neal Requests Guidance on Family and Medical Leave Laws for Massachusetts Taxpayers
Jun 3, 2019
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel Michael J. Desmond, urging the agency to issue clarifying...
PVTA, supporters laud new $55M Springfield operations center
Jun 3, 2019
Springfield, MA | Peter Goonan, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority showed off its new $55 million, state-of-the-art operations and maintenance center on Cottage Street...
3-month delay of paid leave law likely
Jun 3, 2019
Washington, DC | Colin A. Young, State House News ServiceBOSTON – If state government is going to approve the three-month delay in payroll taxes needed to fund the new paid family and medical leave...
Habitat Breaks Ground on Long-awaited Gordon-Deming Project
Jun 3, 2019
Pittsfield, MA | Andy McKeever, iBerkshiresPITTSFIELD, Mass. — It'll be a series of firsts for Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity when it builds six net-zero energy use condominiums on land on...