Chris Deluzio

Christopher Raphael Deluzio (born July 13, 1984) is an American attorney, politician and former U.S. Navy officer serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district since 2023. The district includes most of the northwestern suburbs of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life and education
Deluzio was born in Pittsburgh and raised in Thornburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Bishop Canevin High School and then the United States Naval Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2006. He later graduated magna cum laude and received his juris doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2013.

Early career
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Deluzio served as a naval officer from 2006 to 2012, where he served as a surface warfare officer and deployed to Iraq with an Army civil affairs unit. He later worked as a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City before joining the Brennan Center of Justice to work on voting rights and election security issues. Deluzio was then named a legal and policy scholar of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.

2022
Deluzio ran for the United States House of Representatives in PA's 17th congressional district to succeed Conor Lamb in the 2022 elections. He won the general election with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee Jeremy Shaffer.

Domestic issues
Deluzio supports the PRO Act, a federal bill expanding workers' rights to collectively bargain.

Deluzio favors Medicare for All and cosponsored the bill for it. and

Deluzio criticized the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

Deluzio introduced the first bill to tighten rail safety requirements for the transportation of hazardous materials after the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, with Congressman Ro Khanna, and introduced the House version of the bipartisan Railway Safety Act with Congressman Nick LaLota to toughen rules for freight rail.

Deluzio supports and cosponsored the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which forces the divestment of TikTok from ByteDance, Ltd after 270 days, with failure to do so blocking the distribution, maintaining, and providing internet web hosting to the application.

Foreign affairs
In 2023, Deluzio voted against a ban on cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Deluzio voted against prohibiting the use of funds to delist the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist Organization.

Deluzio voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

Caucus memberships

 * Congressional Progressive Caucus (deputy whip)
 * For Country Caucus
 * Congressional Steel Caucus
 * Labor Caucus
 * Bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus

Committee assignments

 * Committee on Veterans Affairs
 * Committee on Armed Services

Personal life
Deluzio is from Thornburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Vincent and Rita Deluzio. His father owns a healthcare management consulting firm. In 2015, he married Alexandra Zoë Bunnell, whom he met while attending law school at Georgetown.