Christopher Deluzio
D · U.S. House, PA-17 · Tier 3/4
Tier 3/4, between “Pro-Israel, critical” and “Critical / conditions aid”
Leadership rather than signature is what distinguishes this record. He led, with Jason Crow, the May 2024 letter of 86 members asserting that Israel’s restrictions on aid deliveries violate US law, and he is an ORIGINAL cosponsor of Casten’s Ceasefire Compliance Act (Feb 23, 2026) — one of 25 originals. He also cosponsored the West Bank Violence Prevention Act (H.R.3045) on Jul 22, 2025, one of 169 cosponsors and not an original. He cosponsored UNRWA restoration, H.R.2411 (Carson), on 2026-03-17 — a year after introduction and eight days after his Block the Bombs cosponsorship. On money: $39,248 from AIPAC’s PAC and a DMFI contribution, both in the 2024 cycle only, with a verified zero in 2026; in March 2026 he told Drop Site News he had decided to stop taking AIPAC’s money, citing the Iran war and “the Netanyahu government’s conduct in the West Bank, certainly in Gaza.” None of the 514 press releases on his House site (October 2026) uses the word ‘genocide,’ but on June 24, 2026, answering Senator Fetterman on X, he wrote that “We should be focused on Americans’ prosperity at home, not carrying water for Netanyahu’s genocidal and reckless wars.” In October 2024 he signed the letter urging President Biden to sanction Israeli ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir over incitement of settler violence. In 2025 he signed the August letter urging Secretary Rubio to demand that Israel “immediately facilitate a massive surge of humanitarian aid” into Gaza, infant formula included, and, with most House Democrats, the September letter opposing unilateral annexation of the West Bank; in January 2026 he signed the Welch–Khanna letter urging the State Department to warn Israel off the annexation bills and the E-1 settlement and to reimpose sanctions on those behind West Bank violence. In August and September 2026 Deluzio signed Tlaib’s letter demanding the release of 20-year-old US citizen Sama Safi from Israeli military detention, the Dexter–Ruiz letter seeking the release of Gaza pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from Israeli detention without charge (Sep 8), the Pocan–Quigley letter on Palestinian medical workers held by Israel without charge and a 72-member letter urging Netanyahu to contain settler violence in the West Bank and “halt further settlement approvals” (both Sep 24). On Oct 1, 2026 Deluzio became an original cosponsor of the Stop the Settlements Act (H.R.10642), which would sanction those who build or expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza and ban imports of settlement goods. On June 10, 2026 he withdrew his cosponsorship of the U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership Act (H.R.1229), a bill to deepen U.S.-Israel military cooperation that he had joined in March 2025. In June 2026 Deluzio signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, led by Reps. Becca Balint and Joaquin Castro, on Israel’s operations in southern Lebanon, saying Israel’s “targeted, mass destruction of civilian homes and infrastructure does not constitute Israeli self-defense” and asking that, if U.S.-origin arms were confirmed in those operations, the administration “stop arms transfers being used in these operations until these violations cease”; the letter also affirmed that “Israel has a right to defend itself.” Jewish Insider reported on Oct 23, 2026 that Deluzio was among about 30 signers of a draft letter, led by Rep. Ro Khanna and gathering signatures through Nov 6, urging the negotiators of the 2027 defense authorization bill to strip its U.S.-Israel defense-technology cooperation provisions; the draft, which cites Israel’s conduct in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, says “These are not the actions of a government whose defense establishment should be granted deeper access to American military technology, nor rewarded with U.S. defense contracts,” and asks that any framework kept “carry human rights conditions consistent with those governing other United States security assistance.”
A 3/4. With Jason Crow he led the 86-member May 2024 letter on Israel’s unlawful aid restrictions, and he was an original cosponsor of the Ceasefire Compliance Act (February 2026). He cosponsors Block the Bombs (March 2026), withdrew his cosponsorship of the U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership Act in June and in July voted for the Massie amendment to strip Israel’s military financing, one of 103 Democrats; in June 2026 he also signed the Balint–Castro letter asking the administration to stop arms transfers used in Israel’s operations in southern Lebanon until the violations cease. In March 2026 he broke with AIPAC publicly, telling Drop Site News he had decided to stop taking its money over “pretty profound disagreements around this Iran war” and “the Netanyahu government’s conduct in the West Bank, certainly in Gaza”; in June he wrote of “Netanyahu’s genocidal and reckless wars.” Against those steps stands his 2024 record: $39,248 through AIPAC’s PAC and $5,000 from DMFI’s, before the break, and Yeas on the April 2024 aid package, the IHRA bill, the “river to the sea” resolution and H.Res.894, which equated anti-Zionism with antisemitism. Counter-case: 3, on that 2024 record, and since the Lebanon letter also affirms Israel’s right to defend itself.
Open the full card, with votes, money and every source, on elect26 →
elect26 places 2026 midterm candidates on a six-tier spectrum, from 1 (most pro-Israel) to 6 (most critical of Israel).