On June 9, Mark Green, the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, announced his resignation from Congress after the House vote on Trump’s tax and spending bill to move to a private sector position.
In his statement, Green said, “With a heavy heart, I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I received an irresistible job offer from the private sector. Therefore, I have informed the Speaker and the House that I will resign from Congress after the House votes on the reconciliation package.”
Currently, the Senate is reviewing the comprehensive budget proposal put forward by the government, which has already passed in the House. It is expected that the Senate will significantly modify the bill before sending it back to the House for a vote.
The 60-year-old Green has been serving as the Congressman for Tennessee’s 7th District since his election in 2018. He is also a military veteran, having served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Green stated, “It has been my honor to represent the people of Tennessee in Congress. They entrusted me to uphold the conservative values and principles that we hold dear, and I have done my best to fulfill that duty. Along the way, we have passed historic tax cuts, worked with President Trump to secure the border, and protect innocent lives.”
“I am grateful to Speaker Johnson and the House leadership for their trust in me to chair the Homeland Security Committee, lead the work on impeaching former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and pass the H.R. 2 Border Security Act, the strictest border security legislation ever passed by the House,” he wrote. “However, my time in Congress is coming to an end.”
Green mentioned that he initially planned to retire after the previous Congress ended but decided to stay to ensure that President Trump’s border security policies could smoothly pass through Congress. He stated, “I have completed my oversight of the border security portion of the bill, so I will retire, and a special election will be held in the House to elect my successor.”
He expressed his belief that other members of Congress will continue to advocate for freedom and prayed for God’s blessings on America.
After Green’s resignation, the Republican majority in the House will shrink to 219 to 212. In the future, Republicans can only afford to lose three votes at most when pushing for any legislation, otherwise, the bill may struggle to pass.