Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement prior to attending a bill signing ceremony at the White House, where President Biden will sign H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, into law: “After years of hard work, more than 2 million retired public servants will sleep easier knowing relief from the negative impact of the WEP and GPO ... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said the bill President Joe Biden signed into law Sunday afternoon that increases Social Security payments for some public employees will affect more than 100,000 residents in Massachusetts. Nationally, the bill aimed at current and former public employees would affect nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Committee Member Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV) released the following statement on Medicare’s new $2,000 cap on prescription drug costs taking effect today, January 1, 2025: “With the new year comes another way Democrats are delivering on lower costs and more breathing room for the American people,” the lawmakers said. “In 202... Read More »
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of Holyoke native and Pearl Harbor Veteran Harry L. Chandler at the age of 103. “Harry Chandler emulated what it meant to be a part of the Greatest Generation – selflessly serving his nation without hesitation and without want for recognition. His actions on that fateful day on December 7, 1941, are forever etched in our n... Read More »
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of former President James Earl Carter, Jr. “James Earl Carter, Jr. led a long and distinguished life committed to service and will be remembered for his humble, yet iron-will to do good unto others. Prior to running for elected office, I recall him working with the Habitat for Humanity in the early 1970s, rehabilitating ho... Read More »
With Christmas in the rearview mirror, members of the African-American community and the Jewish faith each lit candles to kick off their own holidays Thursday. About 40 people gathered inside City Hall in the morning to celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa, called umoja or unity, with music, dancing and the lighting of the first of seven candles signifying each day of the holiday that ends on Jan. 1... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted House Republicans and the President-elect for returning to their same failed playbook of putting billionaires before the American people: “The President-elect and House Republicans are barreling toward forcing our troops, law enforcement, TSA agents, among the rest of our federal workforce, to go without pay over the holidays b... Read More »
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey, Governor Maura T. Healey, Major General Gary W. Keefe, Colonel David L. Halasi-Kun, State Senator John Velis, and Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe in celebrating the stationing of a new fleet of F-35 aircraft at Barnes Air National Guard Base (ANGB), which was made official after Air Force Secreta... Read More »
The Secretary of the Air Force has signed off on stationing F-35 jets at Barnes Air National Guard Base and the National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing. The signature of Biden appointee Frank Kendall III on a record of decision closes a yearlong environmental review and achieves a bureaucratic milestone just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with a new group of Penta... Read More »
The NBA today announced its celebrations of the 2nd annual World Basketball Day to honor the game and bring people together from around the world. The day was established in 2023 by the United Nations and is observed annually on December 21, the date Dr. James Naismith first introduced the game of basketball at the Springfield YMCA in 1891. World Basketball Day celebrates cross-cultural unity thro... Read More »
WATCH Excerpts: “You have never won a government shutdown. And you won't win this one either. Your currency in this institution is your word. We reached an agreement. We came to modest achievements. And a tweet changed all of it? Can you imagine what the next two years are going to be like if every time the Congress works its will and then there's a tweet? … “This institution has a separate respon... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) today announced that after more than 30 years of service, Democratic Social Security Subcommittee Staff Director Kathryn Olson will be retiring at the end of the 118th Congress. Kathryn has served four Democratic Chairs and Ranking Members on the Ways and Means Committee and as the Staff Director of the Senate Democratic Task Force on ... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced its fourth request for a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) panel under the United States Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), pertaining to a labor dispute at a facility operated by Pirelli Neumáticos: “Today’s use of the Rapid Response Mechan... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzed the economic effects of tariffs discussed by the President-elect: “Today’s CBO report shows that Trump’s economic plan would lower economic growth and raise prices as our output declines, exports shrink, and other countries stick us with devastating, ... Read More »
Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after being unanimously selected by the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee to continue his service as Ranking Member of the Committee for the 119th Congress: "Delivering immeasurable wins for the American people through the Committee on Ways and Means has been the honor of a lifetime, and m... Read More »
