Congressman Deluzio Statement on House Passage of the FY26 NDAA

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Navy veteran and House Armed Services Committee member Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) voted against the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). He previously voted for the billwhen it passed out of the House Armed Services committee.

"I voted NO tonight because the D.C. swampy machine did the bidding of the defense industrial complex by stripping out important bipartisan provisions that I secured in the annual defense bill to protect public money from price gouging and to make sure defense corporations cannot block our troops from fixing their own gear and equipment.

"They took out provisions-often that had support in both the House and the Senate from Republicans and Democrats alike-that challenged corporate power, returned collective bargaining rights to workers, and protected public money from getting ripped off by defense contractors.

"We need a military that has what it needs to keep us safe and win any fight that comes our way. And we need a Pentagon and a Congress that better protect public money, do not union bust patriotic civil servants, and are not afraid to push back against the defense industrial complex."

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