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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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the motion to concur will be followed by a 5-minute vote on suspending the rules and…
Might I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute remaining.
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…
I yield myself an additional 1 minute, Mr. Speaker. Not one public hearing was held on this bill. And when they say today, ``Oh, we had 5 years of public hearings,'' we did not have one hearing on this bill--not one. No witness testimony…
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).
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