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GOP Rep. Mark Green , chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, announced Monday that he intends to leave Congress after the House votes again on President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package .

“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,” the Tennessee Republican said in a statement Monday. “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 will be resigning in the middle of the 119th Congress, and his term was set to end after the 2026 midterm elections. Green said in the statement there will be a sp

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