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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., is departing Capitol Hill early, he introduced on Monday.
Green mentioned he’s leaving Congress for the personal sector after the House votes once more on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” within the coming weeks, in a observation first bought by way of Fox News Digital.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up. As a result, today I notified the Speaker and the House of Representatives that I will resign from Congress as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package,” Green mentioned.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., arrives to start the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the disaster on the U.S.-Mexico border, Jan. 30, 2024, on the Capitol in Washington (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
He known as serving Tennessee’s seventh Congressional District “the honor of a lifetime.”
“They asked me to deliver on the conservative values and principles we all hold dear, and I did my level best to do so. Along the way, we passed historic tax cuts, worked with President Trump to secure the border, and defended innocent life. I am extremely proud of my work as Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and want to thank my staff, both in my seventh district office, as well as the professional staff on that committee,” Green mentioned.
Green said in his observation that he had prior to now geared as much as retire within the earlier Congress, however reversed path.
President Donald Trump speaks all over a FIFA activity pressure assembly within the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“Though I planned to retire at the end of the previous Congress, I stayed to ensure that President Trump’s border security measures and priorities make it through Congress,” he mentioned.
“By overseeing the border security portion of the reconciliation package, I have done that. After that, I will retire, and there will be a special election to replace me.”
Green is an Army veteran who has served in Congress since 2019.
As House Homeland Security Committee chairman, he oversaw Republicans’ impeachment of former Biden management Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
It’s now not transparent the place within the personal sector Green will pass subsequent, however it is a protected wager to suppose his seat will keep in Republican arms.
The district voted for President Donald Trump by way of greater than 20% over former Vice President Kamala Harris closing yr.
