Congressional District 4

Rep. Peter DeFazio is taking on traffic-cop duty this Congressional session to free billions of dollars for mass transit and highways that have been tied up in budget gridlock since 2003. Bill Lunch, a political scientist at Oregon State University, said DeFazio has proven himself to be politically astute. "He's shown himself to be a capable politician, a guy who knows how to make the system work for him," Lunch said. Salem Statesman Journal article.