Press Releases
WILKINSBURG PA — Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) joined ACTION-Housing, Hosanna House, and dozens of local leaders and community members to celebrate the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Penn-Lincoln Apartment Building at a long-vacant site at the entrance to Wilkinsburg’s business district.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) today announced the opening of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition, a nationwide high school visual art competition to encourage and recognize artistic talent from each congressional district (link to website). This year, Rep. Deluzio will serve as co-chair of the Competition alongside Congressman Scott Franklin (R-FL-18).
WASHINGTON, D.C – Ahead of today’s vote on the House Republican budget resolution (H.Con.Res 14), Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) released the following statement:
“The Republican budget resolution is a fiscally reckless grift that will pillage our government and plunder peoples’ healthcare all to enrich huge corporations and the ultra-rich.
CARNEGIE, PA – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that he joined with the majority of his U.S. House Democratic Caucus colleagues in signing a letter to Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that expresses alarm at the illegal decision by President Trump to reduce the reimbursement rate for indirect research costs to 15 percent across the board.
CARNEGIE, PA – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) released a congressional report prepared by the House Energy and Commerce Committee outlining Medicaid’s crucial role in Pennsylvania and the impacts that Republican-proposed cuts could have on Pennsylvanians.
CENTER TOWNSHIP, PA — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced $150,000 in federal funding to support the Beaver Valley Regional Police Department’s (BVRPD) ongoing regionalization efforts. BVRPD—formed by the merging of the police departments for the Boroughs of Baden, Conway, and Freedom and Rochester Township—will use the funding for costs associated with the startup of the new consolidated department, including personnel, new uniforms, and other supplies.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Congressmembers Chris Deluzio (PA-17) and Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) today introduced the Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act designed to empower states to maximize their operational flexibility when plugging orphaned oil wells. These wells, either unplugged or improperly plugged, can pose serious environmental threats to surrounding communities such as water contamination, methane emission, and can introduce other harmful pollutants to the local ecosystem.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) celebrated the news that Marc Fogel has been released from Russia and is coming home.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that he is co-sponsoring the Taxpayer Data Protection Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) reintroduced their bipartisan bill, the Assistance for Local Heroes During Train Crises Act, to support first responders on the front lines of hazardous train derailments.