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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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May 17, 2016

That means the increase to preserve the program will be .05 percent.

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May 16, 2016

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…

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May 16, 2016

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.

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May 11, 2016

Our infrastructure is crumbling, and we need to do something about it.

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May 11, 2016

Social Security is a mandated savings program.

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May 11, 2016

Ten thousand Baby Boomers are retiring every single day.

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May 11, 2016

Holyoke is a stressed city in my constituency in desperate need of health care.

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Apr 13, 2016

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...

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Apr 13, 2016

We need to do that from time to time.

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Apr 13, 2016

Mr. Chairman, there is a time when this would have moved through the Congress on a bipartisan basis.

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Apr 13, 2016

I support the legislation. It is a benefit to our manufacturers.

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Apr 13, 2016

I have opposed expanding authority for the executive, regardless of who sits in the chair.

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Apr 13, 2016

There is a slow encroachment of executive authority that dates to the founding of the country.

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Apr 13, 2016

There is a good reason that Congress is mentioned as the first branch of government, and it is actually to oversee the executive.

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Apr 13, 2016

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.

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Apr 12, 2016

The political system right now in America is holding back economic growth. It is stunting economic growth.

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Apr 12, 2016

I must tell you I think Camp gets plaudits for putting out a model.

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Apr 12, 2016

I think the dilemma was highlighted by the last panel.

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Apr 12, 2016

Mr. Williams' proposal didn't do any base-broadening.

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Apr 12, 2016

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.

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Apr 12, 2016

We need to replace our current Code with one that promotes job growth, lifts wages for all workers, and grows the middle class.

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Apr 12, 2016

Reforming our Tax Code remains of the utmost importance.

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Apr 12, 2016

Time is of the essence, Mr. Chairman. The American people are imploring us to act.

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Mar 21, 2016

I advise colleagues on this Committee specifically to be very careful how they handle some of the Camp proposals.

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