PITTSBURGH — Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), a western Pennsylvania Democrat, retired Navy officer, and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he is calling for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s resignation largely over the lack of transparency and the lack of trust he has created between the public and its government.

Deluzio said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that his background in uniform led him to step up as the first lawmaker in his party to call for Austin’s resignation after failing to notify anyone in command of his health condition.