Richard Neal

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Richard Neal is a longtime Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who has served as chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.

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instanceOf Democratic Party politician
human
politician
assumedOfficeAsU.S.Representative 1989-01-03
caucusMembership Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
New Democrat Coalition
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1949-02-14
degree Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
educatedAt American International College
University of Hartford
endTimeAsChairOfWaysAndMeans 2023-01-03
familyName Neal
givenName Richard
hasSignatureIssue Social Security and Medicare policy
tax policy
knownFor leadership on tax and trade legislation
longtime service in the U.S. House of Representatives
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
name Richard Edmund Neal
notableCommittee United States House Committee on Ways and Means
numberOfChildren 4
occupation politician
teacher
partyAffiliationInCongress Democratic Party
placeOfBirth Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
politicalParty Democratic Party
positionHeld Chair of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means
Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts
Member of the Springfield, Massachusetts City Council
Ranking Member of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means
United States representative
linked to: U.S. Representative
precededByAsChairOfWaysAndMeans Kevin Brady
precededByAsU.S.RepresentativeForMA-01 John Olver
precededByAsU.S.RepresentativeForMA-02 Edward Boland
linked to: Edward P. Boland
previouslyRepresented Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
religion Roman Catholicism
represents Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
residence Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
spouse Maureen Neal
startTimeAsChairOfWaysAndMeans 2019-01-03
startTimeAsRankingMemberOfWaysAndMeans 2023-01-03
stateRepresented Massachusetts
succeededByAsChairOfWaysAndMeans Jason Smith
succeededByAsU.S.RepresentativeForMA-02 Jim McGovern
workLocation Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Kevin Brady succeededBy Richard Neal