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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.
We don't object to the three brackets being lowered for the American people in the middle class. We object to the idea that there were no hearings on this and the top brackets were reduced, doubling the estate tax exemption, cutting the…
I want to commend the efforts of my colleagues on the Agriculture Committee, which have resulted in this bipartisan bill. I am particularly pleased that the conference report rejects controversial provisions from the House bill, which…
I thank Mr. Chabot and Mr. Sensenbrenner, as well as Mr. Nadler, for bringing this legislation to the floor. Indeed, it is bipartisan in nature. It is not an effort here to go beyond what the rules currently allow in terms of the cap on…
I am prepared to close when the chairman deems it appropriate, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Might I inquire of the distinguished chairman how many more speakers that he has.
A reminder that this adds $3 trillion of debt that is all borrowed money. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), who is a champion of all issues related to infrastructure in America.
A reminder, this is $3 trillion of borrowed money for this tax plan that the Republicans are offering. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind), who is a very important member of the Ways and Means Committee.
A reminder, Mr. Speaker, that this is $3 trillion of borrowed money to provide for a tax cut for the wealthy. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin), who is a longtime and valuable member of the Ways and…
I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the sponsors for their hard work, and I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back…
I don't think anybody was demeaning the work that people do, on this side. I think we were talking about the challenging nature of our economy. I don't think the gentleman would dispute the fact that the gig economy has created a downward…
I wonder what the Farm Bureau says about the tariffs on agricultural products across the country. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson), my neighbor and good friend, a well-informed member of the…
I rise this morning to mourn the loss of a great American patriot, Major General George W. Keefe, former adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard who passed away last week at the age of 79. A lifelong resident of Northampton…
The majority leader said a couple of moments ago that $15 billion was spare change. Let me tell you what he apparently means by spare change. It means cutting food assistance for working families and taking $7 billion from the Children's…
I come to the floor of the House this morning to pay tribute to a close friend of mine, Monsignor George Farland, who is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a Catholic priest. On May 4, 1968, Monsignor Farland received…
CBO accountants came back the other day and said: Let us tell you right now what is wrong. They gave us hardcore numbers about economic growth, and they gave us hardcore numbers about debt and deficits. Do you know what the answer was…
I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for yielding. The previous speaker said that we really shouldn't have to do this, and the answer is that we don't have to do this. Bill Clinton proved on four occasions that you can balance the budget…
The House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1625, showing the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, before the House for debate today includes tax provisions, including technical corrections to tax legislation enacted…
In Massachusetts and in New England trade and energy with Canada is critical to powering our engines of innovation, manufacturing and indeed people's lives.
Everyone in this room has a family member or knows someone directly impacted by the opiate epidemic.
I hope the Administration and my colleagues on the other side, who I know are all sincere in their efforts on this, would also be supportive of another piece of legislation that I have offered, and that would be to hold harmless first…
I am prepared to close on this side, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, so in 1 month we have taken the entire revenue system of the United States without hearing from one expert witness, without having had one public…
The stock market has been going up since March of 2009, and we have had 88 straight months of economic growth. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell).
I have crossed it by accident--you can literally be driving along the road and not realize that you have crossed the border.
One of the great achievements of American, Irish, and British foreign policy... has been the Northern Ireland peace process.
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