The Congressman Behind the House Infrastructure Bill Is Miffed About the Bipartisan Deal Peter DeFazio, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is frustrated by the way the Senate has warped his original bill. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Congressman Peter DeFazio It’s hardly a secret that many House Democrats are frustrated with the infrastructure bill cooked up by a bipartisan group of senators that’s currently wending its way through the upper chamber. While the plan, which has the enthusiastic backing of President Joe Biden, has $550 billion worth of new spending baked into its pages, several members of the House Democratic Caucus have denouncedthe bill as woefully insufficient to address the crises facing the country—particularly climate change.