Mark Green announces retirement from Congress before end of term
'I will resign from Congress as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package,' Green said
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published June 9, 2025 5:58pm EDT
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., is departing Capitol Hill early, he announced on Monday.
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.
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.
Green acknowledged in his statement that he had previously geared up to retire in the last Congress, but reversed course.
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