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Richard Neal: “This was the first time since 1875 that a representative…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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2025 Government Affairs Forum: Congressman Richard Neal

Published | Video Starts at 10:15

And you find out a few days later. Maybe what you tried wasn't quite what you thought as the prescription offered. I had a very funny moment that I always talk about because I … This was the first time since 1875 that a representative from the Bay State had achieved that milestone. … at 33 years old, when he wrote that document, it changed the whole world forever. Just those words in the course of human events. (10:15–10:41)

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Asserts that Richard Neal was the first representative from Massachusetts to be Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee since 1875.

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