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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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Jun 12, 2024

There need to be repercussions when those rules are violated.

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Jun 12, 2024

The Countering Antisemitism Act strengthens Federal efforts beyond that.

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Jun 12, 2024

Denouncing bigotry in all forms is an American value, and that is one that we must carry forward from here today.

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Jun 12, 2024

The campus administration has to enforce its own rules.

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Jun 12, 2024

The Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education needs additional resources that--the challenges that we have all described are so great.

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Jun 3, 2024

The choice is yours. If you got a better idea, put it out there.

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Jun 3, 2024

Thank God for President Biden saying, hey, let's pay for this.

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Jun 3, 2024

It is time that we advance legislation that increases Social Security benefits to reflect the true cost of living that they experience and does so by making the wealthiest Americans, who have done extraordinarily well, ... pay their fair…

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Jun 3, 2024

Cutting Social Security doesn't solve the problem. It exacerbates it.

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Jun 3, 2024

What do you have against giving 23 million Americans a tax cut?

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Apr 29, 2024

The majority is a threat to the health and economic security of our American people.

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Apr 29, 2024

We are bringing down healthcare and household energy costs. The clean energy economy has created over 270,000 jobs.

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Apr 29, 2024

Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act is really important.

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Apr 29, 2024

Great job on China. You were firm. You were very strong, very assertive.

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Apr 10, 2024

The tax code is about values, in my belief, and you can do it in a way that supports working people or not.

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Apr 10, 2024

The greatest abuse of the Constitution in my lifetime is when a former President incited a riot that tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power.

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Apr 10, 2024

It disallowed deductions for union dues, for union dues.

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Apr 10, 2024

It reduced the top tax rate for millionaires.

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Apr 10, 2024

Supply-side never worked. Tax cuts never pay for themselves.

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Apr 10, 2024

It ballooned the deficit by $1.5 trillion, and the bill never paid for itself.

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Apr 10, 2024

I believe that the Trump tax cuts are really one of the most egregious giveaways to the most wealthy individuals in this country.

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Apr 10, 2024

We have to work together, Republicans and Democrats, if we are going to create a tax system for our country.

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Apr 10, 2024

We can't sustain a $34 trillion debt, and we have to work on bringing that down.

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Apr 10, 2024

We need to make sure that we are addressing the challenges of climate change.

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Apr 10, 2024

We need to invest in our young kids in early education through their primary grades onto university and Ph.D.s.

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