Meet Chris Deluzio
Congressman Chris Deluzio has served Western Pennsylvania in Congress since his 2022 election. Chris takes the values he learned growin g up in Western PA to his fight for the American Dream and against the corrupt and powerful that have ripped it away from so many.
Chris is an Iraq War veteran and voting rights attorney who bleeds black and gold. He lives with his wife, Zoë, four young children, and their dog, Yankee Doodle, in Allegheny County.
Chris was a high school senior at Canevin on 9/11, and the desire to serve led him to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. He was commissioned as an active-duty surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, and his military service included deploymen ts at sea and on the ground with U.S. Army Civil Affairs in Iraq.
After returning from Iraq, Chris received his law degree from Georgetown Law and later went on to work at the Brennan Center for Ju stice on the voting rights and election security teams. Chris’s next role was with Pitt Cyber, where he focused on voting rights, election security, and the intersection of technology and civil rights. He was part of the Pitt Faculty Organizing Comm ittee with the United Steelworkers, fighting successfully for a union.
During his time in Congress, Chris has fought to restore the American Dream by battling against the corrupt and powerful that have ripped away the good life from so many Amer icans. He has introduced 54 pieces of legislation, and cosponsored over 1,000 others. Out of any House Democrat, his le gislative efforts brought back the most amount of funding for his district.
After a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing toxic chemicals right across the border from his district, Chris introduced the Railway Safety Act to prevent future disasters. He’s taken on private equity jacking up the costs of youth sports with his Let Kids Play Act. And he’s rooting out corruption with several efforts to ban Congressional stock trading, getting corporate PACs out of politics, and bringing more transparency to campaign finances.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives write and vote on federal laws, including the federal budget. Each represents one district and serves a two-year term. Tax bills must start in the House, only the House can impeach federal officials, and members oversee federal agencies through their committees.