2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

1. Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- No

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

Oregon Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test

Abortion

1. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No Answer

2. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No Answer

3. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- No Answer

4. Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures?
- No Answer

5. I support a woman's right to make her own reproductive health care decisions among a full range of options.
- National Right to Life Committee. 2009. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 0 percent in 2009." (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional Political Courage Test. f) Abortion Issues other or expanded principles: "I support a woman's right to make her own reproductive health care decisions among a full range of options." Peter DeFazio. HR 3660. 106th Congress. To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted NO on 5 April 2000. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. H Amdt 509 to HR 3962. 111th Congress. An amendment printed in Part C of House Report 111-330 to codify the Hyde Amendment in H.R. 3962. The amendment prohibits federal funds for abortion services in the public option. It also prohibits individuals who receive affordability credits from purchasing a plan that provides elective abortions. However, it allows individuals, both who receive affordability credits and who do not, to separately purchase with their own funds plans that cover elective abortions. It also clarifies that private plans may still offer elective abortions. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted NO on 7 November 2009. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. HR 760. 108th Congress. To prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted NO on 4 June 2003. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. S 3. 108th Congress. A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted NO on 2 October 2003. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. H Amdt 209 to HR 1815. 109th Congress. An amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 109-96 to lift the current ban on privately funded abortions at U.S. military facilities overseas. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted YES on 25 May 2005. (votesmart.org) NARAL Pro-Choice America. 2009. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2009." (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional National Political Awareness Test. Checked SUPPORT for: "b) Abortions should always be legal." Planned Parenthood. 2008. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of Planned Parenthood 100 percent in 2008." (votesmart.org)

Budget, Spending, and Tax

1. Agriculture
- Slightly Decrease

2. Arts
- Maintain Status

3. Defense
- No Answer

4. Intelligence operations
- Maintain Status

5. Military hardware
- Slightly Decrease

6. National missile defense
- Greatly Decrease

7. Salary and benefits for active duty personnel
- Greatly Increase

8. Programs to improve troop retention rates
- Slightly Increase

9. Research and development of new weapons
- Slightly Decrease

1. Education
- Greatly Increase

2. Environment
- Maintain Status

3. Homeland security
- Slightly Increase

4. International aid
- Slightly Decrease

5. Medical research
- Slightly Increase

6. Scientific research
- Maintain Status

7. Space exploration
- Greatly Decrease

8. United Nations
- No Answer

9. Welfare
- Maintain Status

10. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status

11. Capital gains taxes
- Greatly Increase

12. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase

13. Corporate taxes
- No Answer

14. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status

15. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status

16. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Maintain Status

17. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase

18. Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax?
- No

19. Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
- Yes

20. Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy?
- Yes

1. Eliminate corporate tax loopholes and lower rates. I support a minuscule speculator tax on high frequency, non-productive trading, and on speculative derivatives products.
- c) eliminate cold war era programs like the F-22, Star Wars, new attack submarines, new nuclear weapons, and improve funding for basics for the troops. k) slightly to greatly decrease

Business and Employment

1. Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security?
- No

2. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No Answer

3. Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage?
- Yes

4. Do you support the ability of workers to unionize?
- Yes

5. Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers?
- No Answer

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

1. Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns?
- No

2. Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

3. Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns?
- No

4. Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes

5. Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations?
- Yes

6. Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime

1. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released?
- Yes

2. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders?
- Yes

4. Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs?
- No

5. I am not unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for certain crimes.
- Peter DeFazio. H Amdt 497 to HR 2181. 105th Congress. An amendment to add a new section which provides that in further consideration of death sentence recommendations, life imprisonment shall be imposed instead, if the court has any doubt that a defendent actually committed the offense. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted YES on 25 February 1998. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional Political Courage Test. f) Crime Issues other or expanded principles: "a) I am not unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for certain crimes." Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants. 2005-2006. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of the Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants 70 percent in 2005-2006." (votesmart.org)

Education

1. Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students?
- No

2. Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs?
- Yes

3. Do you support federal funding for charter schools?
- No

4. Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers?
- No

5. Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes

Environment and Energy

1. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- Yes

2. Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- Yes

3. Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system?
- No

4. Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles?
- Yes

5. Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas?
- No Answer

6. Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes

7. Do you support the development of nuclear reactors?
- No Answer

Gun

1. Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns?
- No Answer

2. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- No Answer

3. Do you support a ban on assault rifles?
- No Answer

4. I believe the Second Amendment guarantees the right of law abiding citizens to own guns for sport and personal protection. I believe it is within the purview of the individual states to set reasonable restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. I voted against the assault weapons ban because a weapons specific ban is not the answer to keeping prohibited persons from illegally obtaining firearms. Instead, I voted for a nationwide point of purchase instant criminal background check system.
- Peter DeFazio. HR 4296. 103rd Congress. To make unlawful the transfer or possession of assault weapons. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted NO on 5 May 1994. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. HR 1025. 103rd Congress. To provide for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be contacted by firearms dealers before the transfer of any firearm. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted YES on 10 November 1993. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional National Political Awareness Test. Checked SUPPORT for: "b) Maintain and strengthen the current level of enforcement of existing federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns;" "f) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows." Peter DeFazio. HR 6842. 111th Congress. To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted YES on 17 September 2008. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional Political Courage Test. e) Gun Issues other or expanded principles: "I believe the Second Amendment guarantees the right of law abiding citizens to own guns for sport and personal protection. I believe it is within the purview of the individual states to set reasonable restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. I voted against the assault weapons ban because a weapons specific ban is not the answer to keeping prohibited persons from illegally obtaining firearms. Instead, I voted for a nationwide point of purchase instant criminal background check system." Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. 2003. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 50 percent from 1991 to 2003." (votesmart.org) Gun Owners of America. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "In 2010 Gun Owners of America gave Peter DeFazio a grade of D." (votesmart.org)

Health

1. Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes

3. Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts?
- No

4. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No Answer

5. Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country?
- No Answer

2. Do you support establishing English as the official national language?
- No Answer

3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No Answer

4. In 2005, I voted for a border security bill that put enforcement first by imposing significant penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants; requiring employers to verify the legal status of workers with federal officials rather than just glancing at documents presented; making it easier to deport immigrants caught at the border; and improving technology to secure the border. I am opposed to blanket amnesty proposals that would treat every immigrant the same, irrespective of how long they've been here. I have voted for increased resources for border patrol agents to enforce immigration laws.
- National Latino Congreso. 2007-2010. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of the National Latino Congreso 43 percent in 2007-2010." (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional Political Courage Test. e) Immigration Issues other or expanded principles: "In 2005, I voted for a border security bill that put enforcement first by imposing significant penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants; requiring employers to verify the legal status of workers with federal officials rather than just glancing at documents presented; making it easier to deport immigrants caught at the border; and improving technology to secure the border. I am opposed to blanket amnesty proposals that would treat every immigrant the same, irrespective of how long they've been here. I have voted for increased resources for border patrol agents to enforce immigration laws." Federation for American Immigration Reform. 2007-2008. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of the Federation for American Immigration Reform 46 percent in 2007-2008." (votesmart.org)

International Policy

1. Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan?
- No Answer

2. Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan?
- No Answer

3. Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan?
- No Answer

4. Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States?
- No Answer

5. Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
- Yes

6. Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
- Yes

7. Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq?
- Yes

8. Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements?
- No

9. I only support non-military aid to countries for security interest purposes.
- Peace Action West. 2009. Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings. "Peter DeFazio supported the interests of Peace Action West 73 percent in 2009." (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. HR 4899. 111th Congress. Requiring Timetable for Withdrawal from Afghanistan. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted YES on 1 July 2010. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional National Political Awareness Test. Selected YES for: "d) Should the United States increase financial support to Afghanistan?" 2f) International Aid, International Policy, and Trade Issues other or expanded principles: "I supported the invasion of Afghanistan and was concerned about the removal of troops from Afghanistan to Iraq. The greatest threat to our security was and still is from Al Qaeda, not Iraqi domestic insurgents. If our military commanders say they need more military resources in Afghanistan, we should give them what they need." Peter DeFazio. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional Political Courage Test. j) International Policy Issues other or expanded principles: "I supported the initial invasion of Afghanistan. But after eight years there is no meaningful government, police or security force in place, and there is corruption throughout the government. We need a new strategy. The U.S. can handle any terrorist forces with a smaller troop presence and should let the Afghans work out the intra-tribal conflicts that they've been carrying on over for 600 years. I have urged the President to move toward a less expensive, less troop intensive strategy that would bring about a better result." Pope, Charles. 2009. The Oregonian (Portland, OR). Obama fails to convince most lawmakers from Oregon. 1 December 2009. "I am opposed to an escalation of troops in Afghanistan. Sending 34,000 more troops into Afghanistan might have worked in 2002 or 2003, but after 5 years of neglect under the Bush Administration, more troops in the Pashtun dominated south will not achieve the desired results. It's time for a new regional strategy that recognizes the reality that Afghanistan has never, and will never, be centrally governed. We need to divide the Taliban radicals from their tribal allies, interdict the Pakistani border and continue to push Pakistan to eliminate terrorist safe havens." (www.oregonlive.com) Peter DeFazio. HR 4899. 111th Congress. Limiting Afghanistan Military Funding to Withdrawal and Other Specified Purposes. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted YES on 1 July 2010. (votesmart.org)

Social

1. Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military?
- Yes

2. Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- Yes

3. Should the federal government end affirmative action programs?
- No

4. I oppose a federal constitutional amendment that preempts states rights and imposes a federal definition of marriage.
- Peter DeFazio. H J Res 88. 109th Congress. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Project Vote Smart Summary: Peter DeFazio voted NO on 18 July 2006. (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. A Parody of Congress. 17 July 2006. "There are a few real things that we could deal with that the American people are concerned about. Maybe high gas prices. No, those things are not on the agenda. We have the faux agenda for Congress, which is designed purely for either entertainment purposes or for political purposes. Well, what are we doing? We are taking up an amendment to ban the threat of gay marriage. Now, let's see. The Senate didn't pass it. That means it is not going forward. But, nonetheless, the House is going to use valuable time to vote on banning the threat of gay marriage even though we know that the constitutional amendment cannot move forward because the Senate has already disapproved this venture." (votesmart.org) Peter DeFazio. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Oregon Congressional Political Courage Test. e) Social Issues other or expanded principles: "I oppose a federal constitutional amendment that preempts states rights and imposes a federal definition of marriage."

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No