Richard Edmund Neal is the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district and the Ranking Member (and former Chairman) of the House Ways and Means Committee. Serving in Congress since 1989, Neal is the Dean of the Massachusetts delegation and a consummate institutionalist. During his tenure as Chairman (2019–2023), Neal successfully navigated the passage of the USMCA trade agreement and ultimately won a massive, multi-year Supreme Court battle to obtain and release Donald Trump's tax returns to the public. In the 119th Congress (2026), Neal leads the Democratic opposition against Chairman Jason Smith and the Trump administration’s sweeping tax cuts and tariff policies. Neal represents the traditional, pro-labor, centrist wing of the Democratic Party, focusing heavily on protecting Social Security, Medicare, and union rights against conservative fiscal overhauls.