NEAL, Richard Edmund, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., February 14, 1949; graduated from Springfield Technical High School, Springfield, Mass., 1968; B.A., American International College, Springfield, Mass., 1972; M.A., University of Hartford, West Hartford, Conn., 1976; staff, Mayor William C. Sullivan, Springfield, Mass., 1973-1978; member of the Springfield, Mass., city council, 1978-1984; Mayor of Springfield, Mass., 1984-1988; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1989-present); chair, Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses); chair, Joint Committee on Taxation (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress).