Richard E. Neal
Representative for Massachusetts · Democratic · United States
“Mr. Speaker, there is very little that the chairman said that I disagree with. However, amnesia apparently has overtaken this debate. Do we remember the humiliation that President Trump and the Vice President offered to President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office? Is there a moment of clarity here as to whose side we are really on?”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“There is no guarantee in this legislation that the President can impose these tariffs on Russia with the enthusiasm that our friends on the other side have offered. What is stunning about this, this morning, the European Union is offering admittance to Canada to join the European Union.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“What happened to a Republican Party that was steadfast about Russian aggression? What happened to this notion that, since Truman, we were all on the same side in this institution as it related to Russian aggression?”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, today, in Belfast in the north of Ireland, there is a murder inquiry that is underway. For those of us who have had a longstanding interest in this issue, this is an opportunity to shine light on what happened to the solicitor Patrick Finucane. He was brutally murdered during a Sunday dinner in his dining room.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“The tax cut for the person at the top was 288 times what it was for the person making less than $50,000 a year. These are the numbers. They don't lie. The messaging that comes from the other side would have you believe that they are on top of defending Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
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“Now it is embedded in American foreign policy based upon our likes and our dislikes. We are for Ukraine. We are against giving this President more tariff authority.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“There is no guarantee in this legislation that the President can impose these tariffs on Russia with the enthusiasm that our friends on the other side have offered. What is stunning about this, this morning, the European Union is offering admittance to Canada to join the European Union. We don't like the result of a Presidential election in Brazil? We will impose tariffs. We don't like the way somebody across the globe speaks to us? We will impose tariffs. When Ronald Reagan left the Presidency, the average tariff was 2.7 percent, and these tariffs are driving costs up for everybody in America today. Just go through a supermarket aisle to see what these tariffs have done. The use of a tariff here at one time was selective and threatening. You used it to make a point.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“What happened to a Republican Party that was steadfast about Russian aggression? What happened to this notion that, since Truman, we were all on the same side in this institution as it related to Russian aggression? Standing up to Russia united this institution, united both parties until President Trump said that he could solve the war between Ukraine and Russia and more than once encouraged Vladimir Putin and that aggression that I have just outlined. We are for Ukraine, and we are for Zelenskyy. What we are not for is giving more tariff authority to this President. There is no guarantee in this legislation that the President could not use these tariffs against Ukraine if he decided to do so.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, there is very little that the chairman said that I disagree with. However, amnesia apparently has overtaken this debate. Do we remember the humiliation that President Trump and the Vice President offered to President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office? Is there a moment of clarity here as to whose side we are really on? Every Democrat in this House is supportive of President Zelenskyy and Ukraine. In memory of Ronald Reagan, can Republicans say today that they are in support of Ukraine, given the position that President Trump has taken with ambiguity as it relates to Ukraine and their heroism? Remember 5 years ago, President Trump said: I will end that war on the first day that I am President? Well, he couldn't find it in terms of national purpose to even come to their aid with military equipment.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, today, in Belfast in the north of Ireland, there is a murder inquiry that is underway. For those of us who have had a longstanding interest in this issue, this is an opportunity to shine light on what happened to the solicitor Patrick Finucane. He was brutally murdered during a Sunday dinner in his dining room.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“The tax cut for the person at the top was 288 times what it was for the person making less than $50,000 a year. These are the numbers. They don't lie. The messaging that comes from the other side would have you believe that they are on top of defending Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid. They are threatening all three with these proposals. I have not seen anything in my time like this, making massive cuts to Medicaid, closing Social Security offices, threatening Medicare, laying off veterans at veteran services offices, and then providing a tax cut to those in billionaire heaven down in the Cabinet. Let's have an honest discussion between the two parties about fiscal policy.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗