For other people named Richard Neal, see Richard Neal (disambiguation).
Richard Neal
Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2023
Preceded by
Kevin Brady
In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by
Sander Levin
Succeeded by
Kevin Brady
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Kevin Brady
Succeeded by
Jason Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1989
Preceded by
Edward Boland
Constituency
2nd district (1989–2013) 1st district (2013–present)
50th Mayor of Springfield
In office January 2, 1984 – January 3, 1989
Preceded by
Theodore Dimauro
Succeeded by
Mary Hurley
Personal details
Born
Richard Edmund Neal
(1949-02-14) February 14, 1949 (age 75) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Maureen Conway
(m. 1975)
Children
4
Education
Holyoke Community College American International College (BA) University of Hartford (MA)
Signature
Website
House website
Richard Neal's voice
Neal, as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, speaks in support of the Build Back Better Act Recorded November 18, 2021
Richard Edmund Neal (born February 14, 1949) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district since 1989. The district, numbered as the 2nd district from 1989 to 2013, includes Springfield, West Springfield, Pittsfield, Holyoke, Agawam, Chicopee and Westfield, and is much more rural than the rest of the state. A member of the Democratic Party, Neal has been the dean of Massachusetts's delegation to the United States House of Representatives since 2013, and he is also the dean of the New England House delegations.[1][2]
Neal was president of the Springfield City Council from 1979 to 1983 and mayor of Springfield from 1983 to 1989. He was nearly unopposed when he ran for the House of Representatives in 1988, and took office in 1989.
Neal chaired the House Ways and Means Committee from 2019 to 2023 and chaired the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.[3] He has also dedicated much of his career to U.S.–Ireland relations and maintaining American involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process, for which he has won several acclamations. He has a generally liberal voting record, but is considered a moderate on such issues as abortion and trade. In January 2020, Neal was inducted into the Irish American Hall of Fame.[4]
^"Springfield's Richard Neal Will Be the Next Dean of Massachusetts' Congressional Delegation". Congressman Richard Neal. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^"Meet Richie". Congressman Richard Neal. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^Neal, Richard. "Opinion | Why my committee needs the president's tax returns". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^Irish Central, "2020 Irish America Hall of Fame inductees announced" January 26, 2020 [1] Archived January 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
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