Rep. Mark Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has canceled his retirement plans, a person familiar with his decision told The Post Thursday.
Greene (R-Tenn.) has been urged to run for re-election by former President Donald Trump, her predecessor Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and other members of Congress, and has previously announced her decision to leave Congress. was reversed.
“Mark Greene had many options because of his political talent and the great job he has done as a member of Congress, but given his great job as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, I think he is I hope to run for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.” Posted by Trump About the true society Thursday.
“If he does, he has my full and total support!”
The 59-year-old played a key role in drafting House Republicans’ flagship border security bill, HR2, also known as the Secure Borders Act of 2023.
Under Greene’s leadership, the Homeland Security Committee also pushed for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which the House ultimately passed by a single vote earlier this month.
The day after Mayorkas’ impeachment vote, Greene, along with dozens of her colleagues, announced she would retire at the end of her current term, citing frustration with the gridlock and chaos in Congress.
“Our country, and our Congress, is broken beyond most means of repair. We have realized that our fight is against Washington, not here within Washington,” he said in 2018. Green, who was first elected, said at the time.
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger, and others. , another key House Republican has also announced plans to resign (R-Texas).
Greene is not the only House Republican to come out of retirement. Earlier this month, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) reversed her plans to resign, which she announced almost exactly a year ago.
