---
type: Person
title: "Richard E. Neal"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - MA-1 — Congressional District 1"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - MA-1"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MA"
district: "Congressional District 1"
represents: "us/states/ma/districts/01"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Ways and Means"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/ways-and-means"
  - name: "Joint Committee on Taxation"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/joint/committees/taxation"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "aca717f1-00aa-4112-afca-9bc4e901c128"
  office: "7aa62281-2b56-486b-9793-da8e35383902"
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  jurisdiction: "74cd64a1-a06f-4b67-ad78-5587d629ce60"
  bioguide: "N000015"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ma]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Richard E. Neal

Current U.S. House of Representatives - MA-1 (Congressional District 1).

Represents [Congressional District 1](/us/states/ma/districts/01.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Ways and Means](/us/bodies/house/committees/ways-and-means.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Joint Committee on Taxation](/us/bodies/joint/committees/taxation.md)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).