Peter DeFazio

DeFazio was born in 1947 in Needham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, graduating from Needham High School in 1965. He credits his great-uncle with shaping his politics; that great-uncle almost never said "Republican" without adding "bastard" (or "bastud", as it sounded in a Boston accent).{{cite web |url=http://defazioforcongress.org/biography.htm |title=Biography page at archive of DeFazio campaign site |accessdate=2017-12-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030205032020/http://defazioforcongress.org/biography.htm |archivedate=February 5, 2003 }} He served in the United States Air Force Reserve from 1967 to 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H3341103|title=DeFazio's profile|website=Vote-smart.org|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107010206/http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H3341103|archive-date=7 January 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 1969 and a Master of Arts degree in gerontology from the University of Oregon in 1977.

From 1977 to 1982, DeFazio worked as an aide to U.S. Representative Jim Weaver.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000191 DeFazio's biography] in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress He was elected as a Lane County Commissioner in 1983 and served as chairman from 1985 to 1986.

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In 1986, DeFazio ran for the U.S. House from Oregon's 4th congressional district, upon the retirement of incumbent Democratic congressman Jim Weaver. DeFazio narrowly won a competitive three-way primary against State Senators Bill Bradbury and Margie Hendriksen, 34%–33%-31%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=749083|title=Our Campaigns – OR District 4 – D Primary Race – May 20, 1986|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=17 April 2018}} He won the general election with 54% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=52177|title=Our Campaigns – OR District 4 Race – Nov 04, 1986|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}

DeFazio did not face another contest nearly that close until 2010, winning every election before then with at least 61% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1616|title=Our Campaigns – Candidate – Peter A. DeFazio|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=17 April 2018}} He forged a nearly unbreakable hold on a district that was only marginally Democratic on paper. This is due almost entirely to the presence of his base in Lane County, which had almost half the district's population. The district narrowly voted for George W. Bush in 2000 (due mainly to Ralph Nader being on the ballot), John Kerry in 2004, and Hillary Clinton by 0.1 percentage point in 2016. In 2020, DeFazio defeated Alek Skarlatos by over 25,000 votes (5.4%). Pacific Green Party candidate Daniel Hoffay finished third with 2.2% of the vote.[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-oregon-house-district-4.html Oregon Election Results: Fourth Congressional District]. New York Times, November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

{{See also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon#District 4}}

DeFazio won 82% of the vote over two minor-party candidates.

Earlier, he reportedly considered and reconsidered running against Gordon H. Smith in the 2008 Senate election.{{cite news |first=Aaron |last=Blake |date=January 4, 2007|title=Rep. DeFazio pulls name from 2008 Senate-bid speculations |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/136-rep-defazio-pulls-name-from-2008-senate-bid-speculations/ |newspaper=The Hill |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2007-03-12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/26/17030/2078|title=OR-Sen: DeFazio beats Smith – DSCC poll|website=Dailykos.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}{{cite news |first=Diane |last=Dietz |date=April 3, 2007 |title=DeFazio ponders U.S. Senate run |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=20070403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |access-date=2007-04-03}} On April 20, 2007, DeFazio announced he would not run for Smith's seat.{{cite web|title=DeFazio will not run for Senate|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/politics/2007/04/defazio_will_not_run_for_senat.html|work=OregonLive.com|date=April 20, 2007|access-date=2007-04-20}}

After Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, it was reported that DeFazio was under consideration for Secretary of Transportation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trafficworld.com/newssection/government.asp?id=48725|title=Transportation's Obama Factor}} U.S. Representative Ray LaHood was named to the post in December 2008.

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In 2010, DeFazio was challenged by Republican Art Robinson and Pacific Green candidate Michael Beilstein. As permitted by Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a Super PAC group called The Concerned Taxpayers of America paid $300,000 for ads attacking DeFazio. It was not revealed until the mid-October 2010 quarterly FEC filings that the group was solely funded by Daniel G. Schuster Inc., a concrete firm in Owings Mills, Maryland, and New York hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, the co-head of Renaissance Technologies of Setauket, New York. According to Dan Eggen at The Washington Post, the group said "it was formed in September 'to engage citizens from every walk of life and political affiliation' in the fight against 'runaway spending.'" The only expenditures were for the ads attacking DeFazio and Democratic Representative Frank Kratovil of Maryland.{{cite news |author=Karen Tumulty |author-link=Karen Tumulty |date=September 25, 2010 |title=DeFazio tries to find out who is behind mysterious attack ads |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/24/AR2010092406094.html |newspaper=The Washington Post}}[http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/10/wealthy_financier_is_mysteriou.html Wealthy financier is mysterious funder of ads attacking DeFazio], Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian, October 15, 2010.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/16/AR2010101603822.html Concerned Taxpayers group is powered by only two donors], Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, October 17, 2010.{{cite news |author=Scott Patterson and Jenny Strasburg |date=March 16, 2010 |title=Pioneering Fund Stages Second Act |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703494404575082000779302566 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}

DeFazio won with 54.5% of the vote, his lowest winning percentage since he was first elected in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=510934|title=Our Campaigns – OR – District 04 Race – Nov 02, 2010|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=17 April 2018}} The Oregonian said that DeFazio's reelection to his 13th term was notable more for the amount of outside money spent on the campaign than for the candidates themselves.

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In September 2011, the National Journal cited DeFazio as an example of "swing-district Democrats seeking reelection in 2012", and who, in "begin[ning] to focus on their reelection bids after Labor Day...are increasingly calculating how close is too close to an unpopular President Obama." It also noted that DeFazio's district "nearly went for Republican George W. Bush in 2004."{{cite web|title=Democrats Distancing Themselves From Obama|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-distancing-themselves-from-obama-20110901|work=National Journal|access-date=30 May 2012|author=Alex Roarty and Beth Reinhard|date=September 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526221603/http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-distancing-themselves-from-obama-20110901|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Redistricting made the 4th slightly friendlier for DeFazio. He picked up almost all of Benton County, including all of Corvallis, home to Oregon State University.

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DeFazio faced a challenge in 2020 from Alek Skarlatos, a Roseburg High School graduate, a former Oregon National Guard soldier who helped subdue a terrorist in the 2015 Thalys train attack. DeFazio won the election by 5.3 points, his narrowest victory since taking office.{{cite web |title=Peter DeFazio |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Peter_DeFazio |website=Ballotpedia}}[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/world/europe/3-heroes-who-stopped-train-attack-were-boyhood-friends.html 3 Who Stopped Train Attack Were Boyhood Friends], New York Times, Ashley Southall, August 23, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2021.

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DeFazio has a progressive voting record. In 1992, he co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus with Bernie Sanders, Ron Dellums, Lane Evans, Thomas Andrews, and Maxine Waters,{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|access-date=30 January 2018}} and was its chair from 2003 to 2005.

During the 1999 World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle, DeFazio marched with protesters who opposed the WTO's new economic globalization policies.{{cite web |last1=McIntosh |first1=Don |title=Labor rally opens America's eyes to WTO |url=https://nwlaborpress.org/1999/12-17-99WTO.html |website=Labor Press |access-date=30 August 2018}}

DeFazio spent his entire career on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, becoming its chairman when Democrats won the House in 2018. During his time on the committee, he has served as chair or ranking member of four of the six subcommittees: Aviation, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Highways and Transit, and Water Resources and Environment.{{Cite web |title=Chair Peter A. DeFazio {{!}} The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |url=https://transportation.house.gov/about/chair-peter-a-defazio |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=transportation.house.gov |language=en}}

In 2020, DeFazio sponsored H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act.{{Cite web |last=DeFazio |first=Peter A. |date=2020-07-20 |title=H.R.2 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Moving Forward Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.congress.gov}} This bill invested $1.5 trillion in highways, rail, transit, airports, ports and harbors, wastewater and drinking water infrastructure, brownfields, broadband, and more.

DeFazio felt shunted aside when Senate negotiators secured a deal on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which became law largely without input from the House. He blasted the legislation in closed-door meetings, earning the moniker the "Tiger of the House".{{Cite web |title='Tiger of the House' claws his way through infrastructure talks |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/27/peter-defazio-infrastructure-talks-501008 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=POLITICO |date=27 July 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Skibell |first=Hannah Northey, Arianna |date=2022-04-27 |title='Tiger of the House': DeFazio reflects on bills and brawls |url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/tiger-of-the-house-defazio-reflects-on-bills-and-brawls/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=E&E News |language=en-US}}

DeFazio eventually supported and helped pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and joined President Biden a number of times to promote it.{{Cite web |last=Gangitano |first=Alex |date=2022-04-04 |title=Biden, flanked by 18-wheelers, touts trucking employment |url=https://thehill.com/news/administration/3258642-biden-flanked-by-18-wheelers-touts-trucking-employment/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Shumway |first1=Julia |date=2022-04-21 |title=Biden touts $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan at Portland International Airport |url=https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/04/21/biden-touts-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-plan-at-portland-international-airport/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Oregon Capital Chronicle |language=en-US}}

As chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, DeFazio led an investigation into the causes of the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX planes, which resulted in 346 deaths. DeFazio's 18-month investigation laid out serious flaws and missteps in the design, development, and certification of the aircraft. The committee's Majority Staff prepared a 238-page report{{Cite web |title=Final Committee Report - The Design, Development & Certification of the Boeing 737 MAX |url=https://transportation.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2020.09.15%20FINAL%20737%20MAX%20Report%20for%20Public%20Release.pdf}} outlining the repeated and serious failures made by Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration.

DeFazio helped pass comprehensive aircraft certification reform and safety legislation in the wake of his committee's report{{Cite web |title=House T&I and Senate Commerce Committee Leaders Applaud Passage of Comprehensive Aircraft Certification Reform and Safety Legislation {{!}} The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |url=https://transportation.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-tandi-and-senate-commerce-committee-leaders-applaud-passage-of_comprehensive-aircraft-certification-reform-and-safety-legislation |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=transportation.house.gov |language=en}} as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,{{Cite web |title=Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/133/text}}{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Marc |date=2020-12-22 |title=Congress Passes "Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act" |url=https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/congress-passes-aircraft-certification-safety-and-accountability-act/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=AVweb |language=en-US}} which President Donald Trump signed into law on December 27, 2020.

In 2022, Netflix premiered Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, a documentary film by Rory Kennedy that details DeFazio's investigation.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=Downfall The Case Against Boeing Film Review: Damning Doc Paints a Portrait of Corporate Cowardice |url=https://www.thewrap.com/downfall-the-case-against-boeing-review-documentary-rory-kennedy-737-max/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kilkenny |first=Katie |date=2022-02-18 |title='Downfall' Director Rory Kennedy on the Importance of Retelling the Story of the Boeing 737 Max Crashes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/downfall-the-case-against-boeing-director-interview-1235095342/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In October 2011, DeFazio demanded that the U.S. Department of Labor strengthen restrictions on the hiring of foreign guest workers for forestry jobs intended for unemployed U.S. citizens.{{cite news |last1=Pope |first1=Charles |title=Rep. Peter DeFazio demands tighter rules, tougher oversight of foreign worker program |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/post_52.html |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=26 October 2011 |access-date=31 August 2018}}

DeFazio issued a statement condemning President Donald Trump's January 2017 executive order suspending all refugee admissions to the U.S. for 120 days and barring entry for 90 days to immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.{{Cite web |date=2017-06-24 |title=Refugee admissions nearly halved as supreme court mulls Trump travel ban |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/24/us-refugees-donald-trump-travel-ban |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

In January 2018, DeFazio's guest for the State of the Union Address was Jesus Narvaez, a "Dreamer", DACA activist, and member of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (MEChA).{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Diana |title=DACA activist brings Dream to DC |url=http://www.lcctorch.com/2018/02/daca-activist-brings-dream-to-dc/ |website=The Torch |access-date=31 August 2018}}

In June 2018, DeFazio and other members of Congress from Oregon demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) permit individuals held at a federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon, under the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance policy" to make free telephone calls to arrange legal representation.{{cite web |title=OREGON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION PRESSES ICE ON RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT DETAINEES AT FEDERAL PRISON IN OREGON |url=https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/oregon-congressional-delegation-presses-ice-on-rights-of-immigrant-detainees-at-federal-prison-in-oregon |website=merkley.senate.gov |date=12 June 2018 |access-date=31 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1994/roll507.xml|title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL5075|website=Clerk.house.gov|access-date=17 April 2018}}

DeFazio supports legal abortion.{{cite news |last1=Selsky |first1=Andrew |title=The former soldier running against DeFazio for Oregon's 4th congressional district |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/26/former-solider-running-against-defazio-oregons-4th-congressional-district/6043601002/ |access-date=27 April 2021 |work=Statesman Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=October 26, 2020}}

DeFazio has voted against legislation that would increase U.S. military power. In 2000, he voted against legislation to create a national missile defense network, calling the system a "comic book fantasy".{{cite web|title=US Unfazed By Putin Comments On ABM|url=http://www.spacedaily.com/news/bmdo-00zzo.html|publisher=Space Daily|access-date=18 May 2012|date=July 18, 2000}} He has consistently voted against the Patriot Act, including its inception after 9/11 and the recurring reauthorization bills, arguing that it infringes on Americans' civil rights.{{cite web|title=On Patriot Act, Congress lifts its own gag order|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/david_sarasohn/index.ssf/2011/02/on_patriot_act_congress_lifts.html|publisher=The Oregonion|access-date=18 May 2012|author=David Sarasohn|date=February 10, 2011}} He also voted against the USA Freedom Act,{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll224.xml|title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 224|website=Clerk.house.gov|access-date=17 April 2018}} which reauthorized certain provisions of the Patriot Act in modified form. He voted multiple times to set an itinerary for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq.{{cite web|title=Oregon Lawmakers Sound Off on President's New Plan For Iraq|url=http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january112007/senators_011107.php|publisher=Salem News|access-date=18 May 2012|date=Jan 11, 2007}}

In 2013, DeFazio introduced the Postal Service Protection Act, a bipartisan proposal to comprehensively reform the United States Postal Service.{{Cite web |title=H.R.630 - Postal Service Protection Act of 2013 | date=8 April 2013 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/630?s=1&r=8}} The legislation included a provision that would eliminate the retiree health benefits fund prefunding mandate, which required the Postal Service to set aside billions each year for retiree health benefits.{{Cite web |title=CNN - Why the US Postal Service is in deep financial trouble |website=CNN |date=6 October 2020 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/business/congress-usps-funding-problems/index.html}}

In 2019, DeFazio introduced the USPS Fairness Act, which would have solely repealed the prefunding mandate.{{Cite web |last=DeFazio |first=Peter A. |date=2020-02-10 |title=H.R.2382 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): USPS Fairness Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2382 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.congress.gov}} In February 2020, the legislation passed the House, 309 to 106.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-05 |title=Roll Call 37 Roll Call 37, Bill Number: H. R. 2382, 116th Congress, 2nd Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202037 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}

U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, included DeFazio's provision to repeal the prefunding mandate in the Postal Service Reform Act,{{Cite web |last=Maloney |first=Carolyn B. |date=2022-04-06 |title=H.R.3076 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3076 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.congress.gov}} which President Biden signed into law on April 6, 2022.

In 2015, DeFazio was one of 19 members of Congress to sign a letter urging Secretary of State John Kerry to "prioritize the human rights of Palestinian children living in the Occupied West Bank in the bilateral relationship with the Government of Israel." The letter called Israel's treatment of Palestinian children "cruel, inhumane and degrading" and an "anomaly in the world".{{cite web |last1=Bery |first1=Sunjeev |title=Did your Member of Congress Stand Up for Palestinian Children? |url=https://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/did-your-member-of-congress-stand-up-for-palestinian-children/ |website=Amnesty International |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=31 August 2018}} In 2017, he was one of 10 members of Congress to introduce a bill that would "require the Secretary of State to certify that United States funds do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children".{{cite news |last1=Tibon |first1=Amir |title=Democrats Push Bill to Block U.S. Aid to Israel From Being Used to Detain Palestinian Minors |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-democrats-bill-block-aid-to-israel-from-helping-detain-palestinian-kids-1.5465547 |website=Haaretz |access-date=31 August 2018}}

In 2008, DeFazio and Representative Pete Stark signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposing a 0.25% transaction tax on all trades in financial instruments, including stocks, options, and futures. Subsequently, DeFazio introduced the "No BAILOUT Act."{{Cite web|url = http://www.thenation.com/blog/house-progressives-propose-bailout-alternative|title = The "No BAILOUTS Act"|date = 30 September 2008|access-date = 20 June 2008|website = The Nation|last = Nichols|first = John}}{{Cite magazine|url = http://www.thenation.com/blog/house-progressives-propose-bailout-alternative|title = House Progressives Propose Bailout Alternative|date = 30 Sep 2008|access-date = 20 June 2014|website = The Nation|last = Hayes|first = Christopher}}

Somewhat controversially, DeFazio declined to support the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, voting against it on February 13, 2009. He was one of only seven Democratic House members to vote against the bill.{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll070.xml|title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 070|website=Clerk.house.gov|access-date=17 April 2018}}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215190333/http://thepage.time.com/democrats-not-supporting-the-stimulus/|url=http://thepage.time.com/democrats-not-supporting-the-stimulus/|title=Democrats Not Supporting the Stimulus|magazine=Time|archive-date=February 15, 2009|date=February 15, 2009}} DeFazio said that his vote was due to his frustration over compromises made to win support from moderate Republicans in the Senate. "I couldn't justify borrowing money for tax cuts", he said, referring to a bipartisan group's decision to cut funding for education and infrastructure initiatives he had supported in favor of steeper tax reductions.{{cite web|url=http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/the-progressive-gadfly-defazio-explains-his-no-on-stimulus.php|title=The Progressive Gadfly: DeFazio Explains His 'No' on Stimulus|website=Tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com|access-date=17 April 2018}} He also advocated that the U.S. Senate change its cloture rules, doing away with the filibuster.{{cite news

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DeFazio made headlines in mid-November 2009 when he suggested in an interview with MSNBC commentator Ed Schultz that Obama should fire Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. "We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs to get back millions for Americans", DeFazio said.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/rep-defazio-fire-timmy-ge_n_363093.html|agency=The Huffington Post and MSNBC|title=Rep. DeFazio: Fire 'Timmy' Geithner|date=November 18, 2009|first=Sam|last=Stein}} The comment made top headlines at The Huffington Post.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/|title=The Huffington Post|date=November 19, 2009}} DeFazio also suggested that a formal call by the Congressional Progressive Caucus for Geithner and Summers to be removed might be forthcoming. A year later he called for the impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts because of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

In 2009, DeFazio proposed a financial transaction tax.{{cite web |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/defazio_calls_for_tax_on_high.html|title=DeFazio calls for tax on financial transactions but critics abound |author=Charles Pope |date=December 2009 |publisher= The Oregonian, OregonLive.com|access-date=2010-01-04}}

During his tenure, DeFazio has butted heads with fellow Democratic politicians, including Obama, on key Democratic legislation. In December 2010, he told CNN that the White House was "putting on tremendous pressure" about legislation extending the Bush tax cuts, with Obama "making phone calls saying this is the end of his presidency if he doesn't get this bad deal." White House spokesman Tommy Vietor told The Hill that Obama hadn't "said anything remotely like that" and had "never spoken with Mr. DeFazio about the issue".{{cite news |first=Jordan|last=Fabian |date=December 15, 2010 |title=Obama tells lawmakers not passing tax deal could end presidency, Dem says |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/77633-obama-tells-lawmakers-not-passing-tax-deal-could-end-presidency-dem-says/ |newspaper=The Hill |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=21 May 2012}}

In August 2011, DeFazio said that Obama lacked the fight to follow through on ending the Bush tax cuts, citing the pressure placed on him by the Republicans.{{cite web|title=DeFazio says Obama lacks will to fight, may lose Oregon|url=http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Democratic-Oregon-Congressman-Rips-into-President-128046958.html|publisher=Channel 8 News, Portland Oregon|access-date=30 May 2012|author=Pat Dooris|date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528215334/http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Democratic-Oregon-Congressman-Rips-into-President-128046958.html|archive-date=28 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} DeFazio, Representative Dennis Kucinich and Senator Bernie Sanders said that it would be good for the Democratic Party if Obama faced a meaningful primary in which all the issues would be aired out.{{cite web |title=New Hampshire Results Point to a Notable Democratic Enthusiasm Gap|url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/165602/new-hampshire-results-point-notable-democratic-enthusiasm-gap|website=thenation.com|access-date=15 June 2012|author=John Nichols|date=January 12, 2012}}

In October 2011, Think Progress noted that DeFazio was echoing the demands of the Occupy Wall Street protesters by proposing to tax the trading of stocks, bonds, and derivatives.{{cite web|title=Calling Wall Street A 'Gambling Casino,' Democratic Rep. DeFazio Proposes Financial Transactions Tax|url=http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/05/336517/defazio-financial-transactions-tax/|publisher=Think Progress|access-date=26 June 2012|author=Marie Diamond|date=Oct 5, 2011}}

DeFazio opposed the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 (H.R. 4899; 113th Congress), a bill that would revise existing laws and policies regarding the development of oil and gas resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.{{cite web|title=CBO – H.R. 4899|url=http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr4899.pdf|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=26 June 2014}} The bill was intended to increase domestic energy production and lower gas prices. DeFazio argued that the bill would not solve the true cause of high gas prices, which he blamed on "Big Oil in the United States and speculation on Wall Street".{{cite news|last1=Marcos|first1=Cristina|title=House passes bill to increase offshore energy projects|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/210690-house-passes-bill-to-increase-offshore-energy-projects/|access-date=26 June 2014|work=The Hill|date=26 June 2014}} DeFazio called the bill the "drill everywhere" bill.{{cite news|last1=Graeber|first1=Daniel J.|title=House measure on gas aimed at lower prices|url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2014/06/27/House-measure-on-gas-aimed-at-lower-prices/9031403872288/|access-date=27 June 2014|publisher=UPI|date=27 June 2014}}

In 2022, following a report from Accountable.US that showed the largest oil and gas companies in the United States made a record $205 billion profit in 2021,{{Cite web |title=Exploitation: Oil Giants Set Record Profits While Taking Advantage Of Inflation and the Crisis In Ukraine – The American People Pay The Price |url=https://2n36z24d9zdc4aq2uv1wn19p-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220307-UPDATED-Oil-And-Gas-2021-Profits-1.pdf}} DeFazio introduced the Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act. This legislation would impose a windfall profits tax on excessive corporate profits and return the revenue to Americans in monthly payments.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Rep. DeFazio Introduces Bill to Fight Big Oil's Greed and Provide Rebates to American Consumers |url=https://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-defazio-introduces-bill-to-fight-big-oil-s-greed-and-provide-rebates |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Congressman Peter DeFazio |language=en}}

In 2020, DeFazio introduced legislation to repeal a law that allows insurance companies an exemption from antitrust enforcement. The Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-21 |title=DeFazio Bipartisan Bill to Curb Health Insurance Price-Gouging Unanimously Passes House |url=https://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/defazio-bipartisan-bill-to-curb-health-insurance-price-gouging-0 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Congressman Peter DeFazio |language=en}} It gives the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission the authority to apply federal antitrust laws to any potential anti-competitive behavior by health insurance companies. President Trump signed the legislation into law in January 2021.{{Cite web |last=DeFazio |first=Peter A. |date=2021-01-13 |title=Actions - H.R.1418 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2020 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1418/actions |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.congress.gov}}

In December 2020, DeFazio helped pass the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2020. This legislation included a measure he fought for for decades which would allow Congress to appropriate any funds collected from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for authorized harbor maintenance needs.{{Cite web |title=Investing in America: Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act {{!}} The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |url=https://transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/investing-in-america-unlocking-the-harbor-maintenance-trust-fund-act |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=transportation.house.gov |language=en}} This unlocked billions in already collected fees to support the infrastructure of federal ports and harbors.{{Cite web |title=Chair Peter DeFazio Resolves Decades-Long Fight and Frees Up Billions of Dollars for Harbor Maintenance {{!}} The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |url=https://transportation.house.gov/news/press-releases/chair-peter-defazio-resolves-decades-long-fight-and-frees-up-billions-of-dollars-for-harbor-maintenance |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=transportation.house.gov |language=en}}

DeFazio and Senator Patrick Leahy are credited with helping establish the National Organic Program in the 1990 Farm Bill.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-25 |title=Authors of Organic Foods Production Act Criticize USDA Changes |url=https://www.cornucopia.org/2014/04/authors-organic-foods-production-act-criticize-usda-changes/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Cornucopia Institute |language=en-US}}

DeFazio co-chairs the bipartisan House Organic Caucus.{{Cite web |title=House Organic Caucus |url=https://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/house-organic-caucus |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=National Organic Coalition |language=en-US}}

In 2022, following news of his retirement, the Organic Trade Association honored DeFazio with the Organic Champion Award for his career-long work to support a strong organic label.{{Cite web |title=DeFazio honored with Organic Champion Award |url=https://theworldlink.com/news/local/defazio-honored-with-organic-champion-award/article_0b74dfa0-b4a3-11ec-abc9-abd560951f91.html |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Coos Bay World |date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Honored with Organic Champion Award {{!}} OTA |url=https://ota.com/news/press-releases/22185 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=ota.com}}

• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair){{cite web

| title = Rep. DeFazio Elected Chairman of House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

| url = https://transportation.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-defazio-elected-chairman-of-house-transportation-and-infrastructure-committee

| date = 2019-01-04

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20190227120758/https://transportation.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-defazio-elected-chairman-of-house-transportation-and-infrastructure-committee

| archive-date = 2019-02-27 }}

• Animal Protection Caucus
• Bike Caucus
• Coast Guard Caucus
• Community Health Care Caucus
• Congressional Arts Caucus{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}}
• Congressional Biomass Caucus
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|publisher=Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus|access-date=30 May 2018}}
• Congressional Progressive Caucus{{Cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Congressional Progressive Caucus|language=en}}
• Healthy Forest Caucus
• House Small Brewer's Caucus (Founder and Co-Chair)
• Human Rights Caucus
• Indian Caucus
• Northwest Energy Caucus (Co-Chair)
• Organic Caucus (Co-Chair)
• Populist Caucus
• Pro-Choice Caucus
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• Rural Caucus
• Sportsmen's Caucus
• United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=2018-08-01|url-status=dead}}
• Veterinary Medicine Caucus{{cite web|title=Members of the Veterinary Medicine Caucus|url=https://schrader.house.gov/committees/veterinary-medicine-caucus.htm| publisher=Veterinary Medicine Caucus |access-date=12 October 2018}}
• Waterways Caucus{{cite web|url=http://www.defazio.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=535&Itemid=43|title=Caucus Membership|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=January 6, 2012}}
• Medicare for All Caucus

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After Senator Bob Packwood resigned in early September 1995, DeFazio ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in a special primary, losing to 3rd district Congressman Ron Wyden.{{Cite web|url = http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=41&year=1995&f=0&off=3&elect=7|title = 1995 Senatorial Special Election Results – Oregon|date = 5 Jan 2007|access-date = June 21, 2014}}

DeFazio had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the seat of Senator Mark Hatfield, who announced after the special primary election that he would not seek reelection in 1996. Faced with the prospect of having to take on well-funded millionaires in both the primary and general election, DeFazio announced in February 1996 that he would not run.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

DeFazio again considered running for the United States Senate. At the time he was considered a top-tier candidate, but he later defused such talk, citing seniority and monetary concerns about a potential campaign.{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/136-rep-defazio-pulls-name-from-2008-senate-bid-speculations/|title = Rep. DeFazio pulls name from 2008 Senate-bid speculations| newspaper=The Hill |date = 4 January 2007 | last1=Blake | first1=Aaron }}

DeFazio is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He and his wife, Myrnie L. Daut, reside in Springfield.

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! Year

!

! Democratic

! Votes

! %

!

! Republican

! Votes

! %

!

! Third Party

! Party

! Votes

! %

!

! Third Party

! Party

! Votes

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|1986

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |105,697

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |54%

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Bruce Long

|{{party shading/Republican}} |89,795

|{{party shading/Republican}} |46%

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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |56

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

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|1988

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |108,483

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |72%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Jim Howard

|{{party shading/Republican}} |42,220

|{{party shading/Republican}} |28%

|

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|

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|

|

|

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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |32

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

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|1990

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |162,494

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |86%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |No candidate

|{{party shading/Republican}} |

|{{party shading/Republican}} |

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Tonie Nathan

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |26,432

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |14%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |426

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|1992

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |199,372

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |71%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Richard Schulz

|{{party shading/Republican}} |79,733

|{{party shading/Republican}} |29%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |194

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|1994

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |158,981

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |67%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |John Newkirk

|{{party shading/Republican}} |78,947

|{{party shading/Republican}} |33%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |273

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|1996

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |177,270

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |66%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |John Newkirk

|{{party shading/Republican}} |76,649

|{{party shading/Republican}} |28%

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Tonie Nathan

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |4,919

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |2%

|

|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} |Bill Bonville

|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} |Reform

|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} |3,960

|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} |1%

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |7,058

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |3%

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|1998

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |157,524

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |70%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Steve Webb

|{{party shading/Republican}} |64,143

|{{party shading/Republican}} |29%

|

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |Karl Sorg

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |Socialist

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |2,694

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |1%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |276

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

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|2000

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |197,998

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |68%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |John Lindsey

|{{party shading/Republican}} |41,909

|{{party shading/Republican}} |31%

|

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |David Duemler

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |Socialist

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |3,696

|{{Party shading/Socialist}} |1%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |421

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2002

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |168,150

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |64%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Liz VanLeeuwen

|{{party shading/Republican}} |90,523

|{{party shading/Republican}} |34%

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Chris Bigelow

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |4,602

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |2%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |206

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2004

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |228,611

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |61%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Jim Feldkamp

|{{party shading/Republican}} |140,882

|{{party shading/Republican}} |38%

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Jacob Boone

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |3,190

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |1%

|

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |Michael Marsh

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |Constitution

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |1,799

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |0%

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |427

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2006

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |180,607

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |62%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Jim Feldkamp

|{{party shading/Republican}} |109,105

|{{party shading/Republican}} |38%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |532

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2008

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |275,133

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |82%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |No candidate

|{{party shading/Republican}} |

|{{party shading/Republican}} |

|

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |Jaynee Germond

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |Constitution

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |43,133

|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |13%

|

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Mike Beilstein

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Pacific Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} |13,162

|{{Party shading/Green}} |4%

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |2,708

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |1%

|-

|2010

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |162,416

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |54%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Art Robinson

|{{party shading/Republican}} |129,877

|{{party shading/Republican}} |44%

|

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Mike Beilstein

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Pacific Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} |5,215

|{{Party shading/Green}} |2%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |524

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2012

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |212,866

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |59%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Art Robinson

|{{party shading/Republican}} |140,549

|{{party shading/Republican}} |39%

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Chuck Huntting

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |6,205

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |2%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |468

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2014

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |181,624

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |59%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Art Robinson

|{{party shading/Republican}} |116,534

|{{party shading/Republican}} |38%

|

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Mike Beilstein

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Pacific Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} |6,863

|{{Party shading/Green}} |2%

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |David L. Chester

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |4,676

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |2%

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |482

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2016

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |220,628

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |55%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Art Robinson

|{{party shading/Republican}} |157,743

|{{party shading/Republican}} |40%

|

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Mike Beilstein

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Pacific Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} |12,194

|{{Party shading/Green}} |3%

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Gil Guthrie

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |6,527

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |2%

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |476

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2018

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |208,710

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |56%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Art Robinson

|{{party shading/Republican}} |152,414

|{{party shading/Republican}} |41%

|

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Mike Beilstein

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Pacific Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} |5,956

|{{Party shading/Green}} |2%

|

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Richard Jacobson

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |5,370

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |1%

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |443

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |0%

|-

|2020

||

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Peter DeFazio (incumbent)

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |240,950

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |52%

|

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Alek Skarlatos

|{{party shading/Republican}} |216,018

|{{party shading/Republican}} |46%

|

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Daniel Hoffay

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Pacific Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} |10,118

|{{Party shading/Green}} |2%

|

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• DeFazio financial transaction tax
• National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive
• Continuity of Operations Plan

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• [http://defazio.house.gov/ Congressman DeFazio] official U.S. House website
• [http://www.defazioforcongress.org/ Peter DeFazio for Congress]

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