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Oregon’s 4th District Rep. Looks Forward to Chairing House Transportation Committee

Rachael McDonald
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KLCC

When the Democrats take leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, Oregon’s 4th District Congressman Peter DeFazio is expected to be chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. 

The Springfield resident has been on the committee since he first entered Congress in 1987. He’s been ranking member since 2014. How does it feel to contemplate this leadership position?
“It feels like a huge responsibility. I’m a little tense. I’m not sleeping real well.  Things are running through my mind that we can do all the time, you know oversight we need to do, bills and plans we need to move forward.”
DeFazio has plans around how to strengthen rail and mass transit across the country, including a faster train between Eugene and Portland. He wants to write what he calls a 21st century infrastructure plan and strengthen oversight of the Trump Administration.  
 
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Rachael McDonald is KLCC’s host for All Things Considered on weekday afternoons. She also is the editor of the KLCC Extra, the daily digital newspaper. Rachael has a BA in English from the University of Oregon. She started out in public radio as a newsroom volunteer at KLCC in 2000.
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