Rich Neal
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Richard Edmund Neal is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Neal has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for Social Security and has expressed concerns about privatization efforts by Republicans. Neal has also been vocal about the impacts of trade policies on American families, particularly criticizing the effects of the Trump administration's trade war.
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January 8, 2026
Every child in Massachusetts has health insurance and 97 percent of the adults in Massachusetts are covered because of the ObamaCare plan.
— Rich Neal
Finally admitting publicly what we’ve all known from the start: Trump’s Trade War is hiking costs on people.
Today, the treasury secretary said the quiet part out loud: Republicans' ultimate goal is to privatize Social Security, and there isn't a backdoor they won't try to make Wall Street's dream a reality.
Republicans’ ultimate goal is to privatize Social Security, and there isn’t a backdoor they won’t try to make Wall Street’s dream a reality.
I can't wait for the Republican Party to meet that waitress who is making $32,000 a year and tell her in this tax bill the Republican Party just gave her 68 cents more a day because that is the reality of what this tax bill is about. We…
I'll tell you what's coming: handouts for billionaires, healthcare cuts for the people.
So here we are, one big beautiful tax cut for billionaires. The Republican pathology with tax cuts for wealthy people continues.
My advice is: If they adopt that policy, we should advise the American people to forget about their credit card debt.
When we listen to people telling us about their own experiences, it can be very helpful and certainly enhance better policies for people like them.
Vice Ranking Member Chu is spearheading an effort today to protect Native American children, keeping them with their tribes whenever possible.
We have a special responsibility to protect them from abuse and further turmoil, and also to deliver supports that will let them set out on a path to success.
As we look ahead to the reauthorization of Title IV-B, we must work together on comprehensive action to help our nation's young people in times of turbulence.
And there is a responsibility--I will just finish, Ranking Member Neal, with the faculty, as well.
Denouncing bigotry in all forms is an American value, and that is one that we must carry forward from here today.
The Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education needs additional resources that--the challenges that we have all described are so great.





