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Richard 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.

Feb 15, 2011

I want to thank you on behalf of that 9-year-old who visited my office recently who has hemophilia.

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Feb 9, 2011

The law that is under assault here this morning has high customer satisfaction across the State.

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Jan 25, 2011

I would encourage all the members of this committee, and others, to visit an emergency room on a Friday or Saturday night.

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Jan 19, 2011

During the course of the campaign, we heard that this was going to be repeal and replace. What we have in front of us is simply repeal, because there has never been a credible alternative offered for replace. This legislation is modeled…

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Jan 19, 2011

It sounds a lot to me like tax cuts pay for themselves.

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Jan 19, 2011

To say, as the representative of the Business Roundtable has done here, that 'revenue neutrality should be off the table' may be consistent with the misguided holiday tax deal that added another almost $1 trillion to the national debt.

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Jan 19, 2011

I would ask you, Dr. Sullivan, when we talk about competitiveness, which all of us are for, shouldn't we be concerned about promoting a level playing field so that our smaller American corporations... aren't at a disadvantage against their…

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Dec 16, 2010

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chair, I am standing in opposition to this proposal. When we debated the middle income tax cut a few weeks ago, I spoke in favor of a tax system that we might design for the future, a progressive system with…

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Dec 15, 2010

I thank the chairman. Madam Speaker, this legislation has already passed the House. It really was a bipartisan achievement this year, and much of the good work that went into this legislation has been years in coming. More than 100 years…

Congressional Record · 2010-12-15
Dec 2, 2010

Mr. Speaker, I want to disagree sharply with the point that our colleague, Mr. Brady, just made; America needs to have this conversation. We need to have a conversation as to how we got ourselves into the mess that we find ourselves in…

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Sep 29, 2010

Mr. Speaker, this Democrat will tell you what we intend to do. We have heard a lot of conflicting opinions during the past week about whether to extend the tax cuts for those at the top of the ladder. It is difficult to break through the…

Congressional Record · 2010-09-29

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