Press Releases
Mar 12, 2020
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IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act Would Help IRS Collect Underpaid Taxes from Wealthiest Earners, Shrink “Tax Gap”
Ahead of tax season, Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) has introduced legislation that would help the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collect underpaid taxes from the top earners in the United States, leveling the playing field for working families and creating a fairer U.S. tax system.
Mar 10, 2020
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Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. On March 10, 2019, 157 people died when their Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing everyone on board.
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Mar 6, 2020
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Today, nearly one year after launching its investigation into the design, development, and certification of the Boeing 737 MAX, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Majority Staff released its preliminary investigative findings.
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Mar 4, 2020
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Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio, Suzanne Bonamici, and Earl Blumenauer, today announced $500,000 in Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funding for the State of Oregon to help fight the coronavirus.
Mar 3, 2020
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The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled: “The Airline Passenger Experience: What It Is and What It Could Be.”
Chair DeFazio:
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Mar 2, 2020
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Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) last week sent a letter to Secretary Elaine Chao of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting information on how DOT plans to effectively prepare for the imminent arrival of a pandemic caused by coronavirus COVID-19 on U.S. soil.
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Feb 20, 2020
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Rep. Peter DeFazio today announced that the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport will receive a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Feb 11, 2020
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Today, Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) announced he has secured an additional $11.7 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for projects in Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District as part of the Fiscal Year 2020 work plan for the Corps’ Civil Works program.
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Feb 7, 2020
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DeFazio: “…GSA’s previous failure to consider constitutional issues raised by the election of Donald J. Trump, coupled with the building’s location next to the Department of Justice, across the street from the FBI and a few blocks from the White House and the U.S. Capitol, make it critically important that GSA be prepared to exercise its rights, under the lease, to review the qualifications of any potential purchaser”
Washington, DC — Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA), with follow-up questions after Administrator Emily Murphy testified before the Committee on January 28th, 2020.
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Feb 6, 2020
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed six bills from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, including bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Estuary Program, and support restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay, the Great Lakes, and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.