Peter DeFazio

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Peter DeFazio is an American politician who served for over three decades as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, becoming one of the longest-serving members of the state's congressional delegation.

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Peter DeFazio canonical 3
DeFazio 1

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instanceOf human ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
politician ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor's degree ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
birthPlace Needham, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
linked to: Needham
chairpersonOf House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1947-05-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Tufts University ⓘ
linked to: Tufts College

University of Oregon ⓘ
electedIn 1986 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
endTime (as Chair, Transportation and Infrastructure) 2023 ⓘ
endTime (as U.S. Representative) 2023 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian American ⓘ
familyName DeFazio ⓘ
linked to: Peter DeFazio
givenName Peter ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ideology progressivism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy on transportation and infrastructure policy ⓘ
environmental protection advocacy ⓘ
progressive economic positions ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOf House Committee on Natural Resources ⓘ
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
notableWork aviation safety reforms ⓘ
infrastructure investment legislation ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
social worker ⓘ
partOf Oregon congressional delegation ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ⓘ
Lane County Commissioner ⓘ
United States representative ⓘ
precededBy Bill Shuster ⓘ
Jim Weaver ⓘ
represented Oregon's 4th congressional district ⓘ
residence Springfield, Oregon ⓘ
servedIn United States Air Force Reserve ⓘ
linked to: Air Force Reserve
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime (as Chair, Transportation and Infrastructure) 2019 ⓘ
startTime (as U.S. Representative) 1987 ⓘ
stateRepresented Oregon ⓘ
succeededBy Sam Graves ⓘ
Val Hoyle ⓘ
website https://defazio.house.gov/ ⓘ
workLocation Eugene, Oregon ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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