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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.
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, I want to close by thanking Chairman Kevin Brady and acknowledging Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone for their hard work on what is really a good step forward. As…
Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis).
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, our country is currently experiencing an epidemic of opioid-related overdoses and fatalities. My community and my State of Massachusetts are not strangers to the…
Mr. Speaker, the majority leader said a couple of moments ago that $15 billion was spare change. Let me tell you what he apparently means by spare change. It means cutting food assistance for working families and taking $7 billion from the…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
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…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
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…
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