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Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon.
Early life, education, and pre-congressional career
DeFazio was born in Needham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He credits his great-uncle with shaping his politics; when he was a boy, that great-uncle almost never said "Republican" without saying "bastard" (or "bastud," as it usually ...
Greg Ausland, OBEC Cons. Engineers; Congr. DeFazio; ACEC Oregon Executive Director Alison Davis; and ACEC Oregon Immediate Past President Gayle Harley, OBEC Consulting Engineers. , positive
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield) made a stop in Corvallis to tour Perpetua’s renewable energy manufacturing facility and show support of local businesses. , positive
Congressmen Peter DeFazio spoke Wednesday expressing his views on President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.While he agreed with a lot of the ideas brought up Tuesday night, DeFazio said he would rather see those concepts put into action. As a man who has consistently questioned Obama's economic team, he DeFazio said he is optimistic about what is to come. He agrees with a tax reform that would end tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas. He also thinks millionaires and billionaires need to pay a fair share of taxes. “It's long overdue,” said Congressmen ...
Congressmen Peter DeFazio spoke Wednesday expressing his views on President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
While he agreed with a lot of the ideas brought up Tuesday night, DeFazio said he would rather see those concepts put into action.
As a man who has consistently questioned Obama's economic team, he DeFazio said he is optimistic about what is to come. He agrees with a tax reform that would end tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas. He also thinks millionaires and billionaires need to pay a fair share of taxes.
“It's long overdue,” said Congressmen ...
Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio is urging his colleagues to buck Democratic leadership and vote in favor of the balanced budget amendment that’s headed for a vote in the House at the end of this week.
“I believe our leadership is making a strategic mistake asking Democrats who support a balanced budget amendment to make a partisan stand against it,” DeFazio wrote in a letter circulating among his colleagues on Capitol Hill. “I believe the American electorate has rejected the extremist positions of the right, but if we outright reject a bipartisan compromise, then Democrats ...