Pittsfield, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Ben Sosne, Executive Director for the Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC), Pittsfield Mayor Peter Marchetti, state and local officials, and local business leaders and stakeholders to announce a $735,000 earmark for the BIC’s Cybersecurity Learning and Testing...

By Jim Kinney | [email protected] PITTSFIELD — MassDOT now has an agreement with freight railroad company CSX allowing for rail improvements in Pittsfield. The track work will cut conflicts between passenger and freight trains, and support the seasonal Berkshire Flyer train from New York City as well as the...

Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Richard Neal accuse the Treasury of pushing the new tax break further than the law allows. By Bernie Becker, POLITICO The top Democrats on Congress’ tax-writing committees want to be clear: They think that the scholarship tax credit that Republicans included in last year’s megabill is bad...

Springfield, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the third anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack: “Three years have passed since Hamas carried out a barbaric attack against Israel, taking 1,200 innocent lives and hundreds more hostage. Today, we honor and remember...

By Jeanette DeForge | [email protected] CHICOPEE — For the first time in 20 years, the inspection hangar at Westover Air Reserve Base will no longer look like a cartoon character with its tail hanging out of its pants. Members of the maintenance group at the 439th Airlift Wing are in the process of moving into a...

New provision continues Trump’s pattern of ignoring clear Congressional mandates in an effort to benefit the wealthy and well-connected WASHINGTON, DC— House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today objected to the Treasury...

SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the September 2026 jobs report: “There’s a reason nearly three-quarters of Americans reject Trump’s handling of the economy: it’s delivering record high...

By Jackie Fox, RTÉ News US Representative Richard Neal has described the planned Orange Order march along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown as “provocative”. In an interview with RTÉ News, Rep Neal said he is urging the Northern Ireland Secretary to cancel the parade. “It is needlessly provocative at a time when we...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus, led the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus in a letter addressed to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Bryant, calling on the...

Fourteen members of US Congress say failing to act decisively risks ‘reopening one of the most painful chapters in North’s history’ By Keith Duggan, Irish Times Leading US politicians have written to Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Bryant asking the UK government to cancel the Orange Order parade on the...