![Photo of Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR4]](/static/legislator-photos/400100-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for DeFazio.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
DeFazio is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills DeFazio has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Peter DeFazio sits on the following committees:
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Chair,
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Enacted Legislation
DeFazio was the primary sponsor of 22 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 1056: Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
- H.R. 993: Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
- H.R. 994: Chetco River Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 6414: To amend title 23, United States Code, to extend the deadline for promulgation of regulations under the tribal transportation self-governance program.
- H.R. 3225: Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act
- H.R. 1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act
- H.R. 4916 (111th): To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower ...
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
DeFazio sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (29%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (23%) Health (14%) Taxation (10%) Social Welfare (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Environmental Protection (5%) Native Americans (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of DeFazio’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.J.Res. 66: War Powers Amendments of 2019
- H.R. 3101: AID Act
- H.R. 3102: Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act
- H.R. 2983: United States Employee Ownership Bank Act
- H.Res. 402: Recognizing the significant milestone of Senior Corps volunteers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018.
- H.R. 2471: Canyon’s Law
- H.R. 2440: Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1987 to Jun 2019, DeFazio missed 819 of 20,306 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
