Senior GOP Lawmaker Announces Early Retirement From Congress

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.

“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.”