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May 27, 2016
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—At the start of a busy travel weekend, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-MS), along with Representative Bob Dold (R-IL), introduced bipartisan legislation that would help ease congestion and long lines at TSA screening checkpoints at airports.
May 25, 2016
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), applauded Committee passage of critical legislation that will strengthen coastal communities, and create and sustain needed jobs.
May 16, 2016
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Today, Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Congressman Peter Defazio announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded Umpqua Community College (UCC) $529,623 to help the UCC community recover from the mass shooting that occurred on campus last fall.
May 12, 2016
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Statement from Rep. Peter DeFazio on Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act
May 12, 2016
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WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Peter DeFazio testified before the Ways & Means Committee’s Tax Policy Subcommittee on the impact that H.R. 2903, the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, would have on America’s small brewers.
Apr 20, 2016
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Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) applauded Committee passage of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016 (PIPES Act), bipartisan legislation that reauthorizes the Department of Transportation’s pipeline safety programs.
Apr 14, 2016
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WASHINGTON—In advance of Tax Day, Rep. Peter DeFazio today introduced legislation that would amend the U.S. Constitution to include a balanced budget amendment.
Apr 13, 2016
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WASHINGTON—Rep. Peter DeFazio announced today that two grants for critical repairs and upgrades have been awarded to airports in Gold Beach and Albany, OR.
The grants, totaling nearly $400,000, were awarded from the Department of Transportation.
Apr 13, 2016
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Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) urged the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to reconsider two proposals that would significantly delay Amtrak train travel throughout Oregon and the United States.
Apr 12, 2016
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WASHINGTON—Rep. Peter DeFazio released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s recently-released Resource Management Plan for Western Oregon: