Chris Deluzio | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's17th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Conor Lamb |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1984-07-13)July 13, 1984 (age 41) Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4[citation needed] |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Georgetown University (JD) |
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| Website | House website Campaign website |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 2006–2012 |
| Rank | Lieutenant[1] |
| Unit | USSHiggins (DDG 76)[2] |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Christopher Raphael Deluzio (born July 13, 1984)[3] is an American politician, attorney, and formerU.S. Navy officer serving as theU.S. representative forPennsylvania's 17th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of theDemocratic Party. The district encompasses most of the northwestern suburbs and exurbs ofPittsburgh, and includes the entirety ofBeaver County.
Deluzio, who is ofItalian heritage,[4] was born inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised inThornburg.[5][6] He attendedBishop Canevin High School, where he played baseball.[7] After graduation, he was admitted to theUnited States Naval Academy and earned aBachelor of Science degree in 2006.[2][8] Following his naval service, he attendedGeorgetown University Law Center, where he graduatedmagna cum laude with aJuris Doctor in 2013.[5][2]
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Deluzio served as a naval officer from 2006 to 2012, where he was a surface warfare officer and deployed toIraq with an Army civil affairs unit.[2] He later worked as a litigation associate atWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City[2] before joining theBrennan Center of Justice to work on voting rights and election security issues.[9] Deluzio was then named a legal and policy scholar of theUniversity of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.[10]
Deluzio ran for theUnited States House of Representatives inPennsylvania's 17th congressional district to succeedConor Lamb in the2022 elections. He won the general election, defeatingRepublican formerRoss Township commissionerJeremy Shaffer 53% to 47%.[11]
Deluzio defeated Republicanstate RepresentativeRob Mercuri in the 2024 election 54% to 46%.[12][13]
Deluzio was sworn into Congress on January 7, 2023, and appointed to theArmed Services andVeterans' Affairs committees for the118th congressional session.[14] In February, following theNorfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, near his district, he partnered with Rep.Ro Khanna to introduce a bill tightening rail safety requirements for transporting hazardous materials.[15] The following month, he introduced the House version of thebipartisan Railway Safety Act with Rep.Nick LaLota to strengthen regulations forfreight rail.[16] In May, he introduced the Build, Utilize, Invest, Learn and Deliver (BUILD) for Veterans Act to improveVA infrastructure and address unused buildings with long-term budget requirements.[17]
In 2024, Deluzio co-sponsored the Shrinkflation Prevention Act with Rep.Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez to prevent corporations from reducing product sizes without lowering prices.[18] In May, he worked to ensure union labor agreements were implemented for the restoration of theMontgomery Lock and Dam, a project funded byBiden’s infrastructure bill, which was expected to create 28,000 construction jobs.[19] The next month, he was appointed to theHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure following the death of Rep.Donald Payne, because of his leadership on rail safety.[20] In July, he joined House Democratic LeaderHakeem Jeffries at thePittsburgh International Airport to highlight the impact of the bipartisan infrastructure law on its $1.5 billion modernization project.[21]
In November 2025, Deluzio was one of six people, all Democratic lawmakers, to be part of a video telling servicemembers they can refuse illegal orders.[22][23] In response later that month, President Trump posted on social media calling those in the video, including Deluzio, traitors who should be charged withsedition punishable by death, and shared a social media post calling for them to be hanged.[24][25][26][27][28]
Deluzio'scommittee assignments for the119th Congress include:[29]
Deluzio'scaucus memberships include:[30]
Deluzio supports theProtecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a federal bill expanding workers' rights to unionize and collectively bargain.[34] In 2024, he co-sponsored thebipartisan Public Service Worker Protection Act to extendOSHA protections topublic sector employees in all states, addressing a gap that leaves approximately eight million workers without federalworkplace safety standards.[35] He also co-sponsored that year the Stop Spying Bosses Act, which aims to protect workers' rights by regulatingworkplace surveillance.[36]
Deluzio supportsuniversal healthcare and co-sponsored theMedicare for All Act.[37][38] He also criticized theSupreme Court's decision to overturnRoe v. Wade, and supports women'sreproductive rights to make their own decisions about their families and healthcare.[39]
In 2023, Deluzio voted against banning the transfer ofcluster munitions toUkraine.[40][41] That July, he co-introduced a bipartisan resolution that urged theBiden administration to secure the release ofMarc Fogel, a Pennsylvania teacher from his district who was unjustly sentenced to fourteen years in a Russian prison.[42] In October, he voted in favor of providing support to Israel following theHamas-led attack on October 7.[43][44]
In 2024, Deluzio joined a bipartisan group urging Secretary of StateAntony Blinken to designate Fogel as "wrongfully detained" to emphasize the political nature of his imprisonment.[45] In early 2025, he once again joined Pennsylvania lawmakers in calling for Fogel’s release,[46] which was secured the following month.[47]
Deluzio is fromThornburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Vincent and Rita Deluzio. His father owns a healthcare management consulting firm.[2] In 2015, he married Alexandra Zoë Bunnell, whom he met while attending law school at Georgetown.[48] They currently live in Fox Chapel.[12]
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 17th congressional district 2023–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | United States representatives by seniority 311th | Succeeded by |
