“Congressman Richard Neal and local business leaders came together today to celebrate the success of the Paycheck Protection Program. More than 10,000 loans were given out to small businesses across western and central Massachusetts, which comes to be more than $1 billion. The data shows that businesses of all types benefited from the program, and the congressman highlighted how important this program was for the survival of small businesses.”
Read More“The CARES Act pumped almost $1.2 billion into the economy of Western Massachusetts, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said Saturday. Neal, as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was one of the prime authors of the legislation that sent 10,460 loans to Western Mass. businesses. According to the federal Small Business Administration, $1,177,312,235 in loans of less than $150,000 each were made to area small businesses.”
Read MoreThe Retired State, County And Municipal Employees Association Of Massachusetts (Mass Retirees) has endorsed Congressman Richie Neal for re-election, citing his longstanding record of effective leadership and delivering for the First Congressional District. The Mass Retirees also heralded Richie Neal's work protecting Social Security and advocacy in seeking to correct the injustice of the Social Security WEP law.
Read More“The Moving Forward Act’s investments aren’t just big, they’re smart and responsible too,’ said House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal from the floor of the House. ‘The legislation promotes investment in clean energy technologies, incentivizes the ‘greening of the fleet’ and rewards renewable energy projects engaging in responsible labor practices that prioritize workers’ rights and wellbeing.’”
Read More“U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal says that with lines growing at food banks across the country, an expansion of SNAP food benefits and money to pay for it will be part of the next recovery bill now taking shape in Washington. It’s a continuation, the Springfield Democrat said, of the ongoing efforts to get money out into the economy through the hands of people and businesses that will spend it.”
Read More“The Massachusetts Democrat told the nation’s mayors Wednesday that he would try to resurrect a federal revenue-sharing program for cities and states that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The initiative would be part of a Democratic push to help states and local governments that are bleeding from lost revenue during the economic shutdown.
Read More“With 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 asking why the U.S. Department of Labor has yet to distribute emergency administrative funding so states can process the claims.”
Read More“Rep Richard Neal is pushing for COVID-19 relief package checks to be issued to seniors and vulnerable groups automatically without needing to file any additional information with the federal government.”
Read More“With the coronavirus continuing to spread across the country, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure proper measures are taken to prevent the spread of the virus to those who are most vulnerable to the disease.”
Read More“The 38th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Breakfast took place at the Springfield Sheraton Hotel on Saturday, Jan. 18… Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno; U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass.; and state Sen. James Welch, D-West Springfield, were among the elected officials on hand for the event.”
Read More“Even with the passage of the first retirement security package in more than a decade shortly before the holiday recess, there is more retirement-related legislation that could get a look in 2020… In the House, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has indicated that work on retirement security bills does not end with the SECURE Act.”
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