(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.
