Peter A. DeFazio

A Representative from Oregon. Born in Needham, Norfolk County, Mass. , May 27, 1947. Graduated from Needham High School, Needham, Mass. , 1965. B. A. , Tufts University, Medford, Mass. , 1969. M. A. , University of Oregon, Eugene, Oreg. , 1977. United States Air Force Reserve, 1967-1971. Staff, United States Representative James Howard Weaver of Oregon, 1977-1982. Member of the Lane County, Oreg. , board of commissioners, 1983-1986, chair, 1985-1986. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in a special primary election in 1995. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 2023). Chair, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.