“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

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 23, 2016

I've always thought that the safety net was supposed to act also as sort of a trampoline, that you hit it and you bounce back.

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May 17, 2016

It says that no one can retire into poverty.

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May 17, 2016

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

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May 17, 2016

If you are single and make more than $25,000 and if you are a married couple and make more than $32,000, that is a disgrace.

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May 17, 2016

We enact a proposal in which 11 million seniors will get a tax cut immediately.

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May 17, 2016

There is a certain fairness to it all.

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May 17, 2016

I maintain and I hope we have a hearing on this because I think there is an easy pragmatic solution.

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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

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

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