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.
Our legislation seeks to remedy the Affordable Care Act fee issue as it relates to the development of orphan drugs, to ensure that there remains an adequate pipeline of drugs and therapies to help the most vulnerable of patients, many of…
But I think the real key is that these are people policies. These are the type of things that people send us here to do for them, and develop policies that actually help people.
Holyoke is a stressed city in my constituency in desperate need of health care.
I think what he is really saying is that under their plan you would have no car and no new clothes because when you consider that there were 30 million people...
Mr. Chairman, there is a time when this would have moved through the Congress on a bipartisan basis.
I have opposed expanding authority for the executive, regardless of who sits in the chair.
There is a slow encroachment of executive authority that dates to the founding of the country.
There is a good reason that Congress is mentioned as the first branch of government, and it is actually to oversee the executive.
There is frequently the complaint from our friends, and I do mean our friends, on the other side about the tyrant at the White House who is always usurping congressional authority.
The political system right now in America is holding back economic growth. It is stunting economic growth.
I think that the way that we acted on incremental tax reform at the end of the year is probably not the best way to do it.
We need to replace our current Code with one that promotes job growth, lifts wages for all workers, and grows the middle class.
Time is of the essence, Mr. Chairman. The American people are imploring us to act.
I advise colleagues on this Committee specifically to be very careful how they handle some of the Camp proposals.





