Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) with colleagues on the powerful House Armed Services Committee, marked up the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—the large, annual defense bill that creates the policies related to our armed services and other national security-related efforts. Congressman Deluzio voted for the measure, which passed out of committee by a vote of 55-2.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), and John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), introduced bipartisan legislation to relocate the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
HARMAR TOWNSHIP, PA – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) spoke out against Donald Trump’s and Congressional Republicans’ “Big Ugly Bill” that will hurt Western Pennsylvania. Deluzio emphasized how it slashes healthcare for millions of hardworking Americans while giving tax handouts to the ultra rich—calling it “class warfare” and “fiscally reckless.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) introduced a new bill to check presidential authority under the centuries-old Insurrection Act. The new Insurrection Act of 2025 would reform legislation from 1807 that provides the President broad and vague authority to deploy troops—with or without the request of a state—to suppress “any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy.” Presidents have rarely used the current law, recognizing the long American tradition of keeping the military out of domestic law enforcement.
CARNEGIE, PA – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that $959,844 in funding from AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program has been awarded to Wesley Family Services, a regional behavioral health provider based in southwestern Pennsylvania with a main office in Wilkinsburg.
CARNEGIE, PA – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced new senior positions in his congressional office in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District. The positions are key to serving the people of Western Pennsylvania, with responsibilities for managing Congressman Deluzio’s district offices and overseeing a team of constituent services representatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) voted ‘no’ on the bill that President Trump and Congressional Republicans forced through Congress. After passing the Senate on Tuesday July 1, 2025 by the narrowest of margins, the final vote in the House of Representatives was 218-214. |
CARNEGIE, PA – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that $305,000 in National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research grant funds have been awarded to O’Hara Township-based ObeeWAN Technologies, Inc. The grant will support the development and commercialization of an innovative new technology to help beekeepers maximize their pollinators’ economic, agricultural, and ecological benefit amid a declining honeybee population.
CARNEGIE, PA – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) led seven members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation on a letter demanding that the Department of Health and Human Services reverse the firing of workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Mining Research Division (PMRD).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) led five of his colleagues from the Congressional Labor Caucus on a letter to President Donald Trump raising questions and concerns about the impacts that the administration’s ongoing negotiations on Mexican steel could have on American workers.