Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
You climb the ranks for years, you become Transpo chair, a huge infrastructure bill gets written, and the reality is you get mostly cut out of the process and need to swallow what senate negotiators agree to. Time to retire. — PolitiTweet.org
Jake Sherman @JakeSherman
🚨OREGON DEMOCRATIC REP. PETER DEFAZIO, house transportation chair, is retiring, several sources tell us. Me and @bresreports
