Mark Green says he’ll retire from House after megabill vote
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Mark Green announces retirement from Congress before end of term
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., is departing Capitol Hill early. Green said he is leaving Congress for the private sector after the House votes again on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” The bill passed the House in a narrow 215-214 vote, and it is now being considered by the Senate. If the Senate changes the bill, as expected, the House will have to approve that version before it hits Trump’s desk. Green oversaw the impeachment of former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. He called serving Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District “the honor of a lifetime”
Green said he is leaving Congress for the private sector after the House votes again on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in the coming weeks, in a statement first obtained by 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 said.
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He called serving Tennessee’s 7th 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 said.
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Green acknowledged in his statement that he had previously geared up to retire in the last Congress, but reversed course.
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“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 said.
“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 administration DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Green oversaw the impeachment of former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
It’s not clear where in the private sector Green will go, but it’s a safe bet to assume his House seat will stay in Republican hands.
The district voted for President Donald Trump by more than 20 percentage points over former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.
Republican leaders are hoping to complete consideration of Trump’s massive agenda bill by the Fourth of July or shortly thereafter.
The bill passed the House in a narrow 215-214 vote, and it is now being considered by the Senate. If the Senate changes the bill, as expected, the House will have to approve that version before it hits Trump’s desk.
Original article source: Mark Green announces retirement from Congress before end of term
GOP House Homeland chairman Green to retire from Congress early
Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, announced Monday that he will retire from Congress. Green said he was offered a private sector opportunity that was “that was too exciting to pass up” The move comes more than a year after Green announced he wouldn’t run again in 2024, but changed his mind when fellow Republicans implored him to stick around. Green has served since 2019 in the 7th Congressional District, which was redrawn in 2022 to include a significant portion of Nashville. His seat will be decided in a special election. The timing will depend on when he leaves office.
In a statement, Green said he was offered a private sector opportunity that was “that was too exciting to pass up” so he informed House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday of his retirement plans. The move comes more than a year after Green announced he wouldn’t run again in 2024, but changed his mind when fellow Republicans implored him to stick around.
Green’s next election would have been in 2026.
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Green voted for Trump’s sweeping legislation when it passed the House last month. The bill is now in the Senate’s hands, and would need to return to the House for agreement on any changes. Trump wants the bill on his desk for his signature by July 4.
Green’s delayed departure could help with the GOP’s narrow margins in the House. Republican leaders need every vote they can get on their big tax bill, which they managed to pass last month by a single vote and will have to pass again once changes are made in the Senate. They now have a 220-212 majority.
“It was the honor of a lifetime to represent the people of Tennessee in Congress,” Green said. “They asked me to deliver on the conservative values and principles we all hold dear, and I did my level best to do so.”
Green’s seat will be decided in a special election. The timing will depend on when he leaves office.
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Ahead of his 2024 reelection, Green had announced that February 2024 he would not run again. The decision was revealed a day after the impeachment of then-President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
But many fellow Republicans had called on him to reconsider, and he jumped back into the running just two weeks later.
He was unopposed in the Republican primary and then defeated Democrat Megan Barry — the former Nashville mayor who resigned in 2018 in scandal — by more than 21 percentage points in November 2024.
Green, 60, has served since 2019 in the 7th Congressional District, which was redrawn in 2022 to include a significant portion of Nashville. The city was carved up three ways in the 2022 redistricting so Republicans could flip a Democratic district in Congress that had covered Music City, which they successfully did.
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Green previously served as an Army surgeon and in the state Senate and is from Montgomery County.
Green flirted running for governor in 2017, but suspended his campaign after he was nominated by former President Donald Trump to become the Army secretary. He later withdrew his nomination due to criticism over his remarks about Muslims and LGBTQ+ Americans.
Green leaving Congress after budget vote
U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., said Monday he is leaving Congress for a job in the private sector. Green served in the Tennessee Senate from 2013 to 2018. He won Tennessee’s Seventh District Congressional Seat in 2018. Green’s retirement leaves the House with 219 Republicans to 212 Democrats.
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., said Monday he is leaving Congress for a job in the private sector as soon as Congress votes on the budget bill.
“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,” said Green, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee. “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 served in the Tennessee Senate from 2013 to 2018. He won Tennessee’s Seventh District Congressional Seat in 2018 after incumbent Marsha Blackburn decided to run for Senate.
“I have now served the public for nearly four decades,” Green said. “The Army took me to Iraq and Afghanistan. The people sent me to the Tennessee legislature and the halls of Congress. Along the way, I have often remarked on the strength of the men and women I have served with. I know that the integrity, decency, and faith of the American people are what powered us for the first 250 years, and will power us for another 250 and beyond.”
Green’s retirement leaves the House with 219 Republicans to 212 Democrats.
Senior GOP Lawmaker Announces Early Retirement From Congress
Tennessee Rep. Mark Green announced his retirement from Congress Monday evening. Green is the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee. He cited an “exciting” opportunity in the private sector as his explanation for resigning from his seat less than six months into his fourth term. Green previously announced he would not seek reelection in February 2024 before reversing course two weeks later, citing a reelection endorsement from President Donald Trump. Green also oversaw House Republicans’ sweeping border security and immigration enforcement push known as H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, during former President Joe Biden’s term.
Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green announced Monday evening that he will retire from Congress following the passage of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.”
Green serves as the top Republican on the House Homeland Security and was elected to Congress beginning in 2019. He cited an “exciting” opportunity in the private sector as his explanation for resigning from his seat less than six months into his fourth term. [(RELATED: Rep. Green Asks Trump DOJ To Review Firearm Licenses ‘Unjustly’ Revoked Under Biden)](
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress,” Green said in a statement first obtained by Fox News Digital. “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, who led House Republicans’ impeachment of Biden Department of Homeland Security director Alejandro Mayorkas, previously announced he would not seek reelection in February 2024 before reversing course two weeks later, citing a reelection endorsement from President Donald Trump. Green also oversaw House Republicans’ sweeping border security and immigration enforcement push known as H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, during former President Joe Biden’s term.
“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,” Green said. “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.”
The Tennessee Republican’s homeland security panel provided nearly $70 billion in new funding in the president’s landmark bill for the construction of the southern border wall, the recruitment hiring of immigration enforcement personnel and the reimbursement of funding to border states who dealt with an influx of illegal immigration during Biden’s tenure.
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