Green announced Friday, after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed the House, that he would retire from Congress and alerted GOP leaders that it would be effective on July 20, the Washington Examiner confirmed.
That opens the door for several House Republicans to step up for a chance to serve as the next chairman, a position Green has held since 2018.
This will be the first major chairmanship shake-up of the 119th Congress. The last major change in leadership was during the last Congress in April 2024, when Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) was selected as the Appropriations Committee chairman to succeed former Texas Rep. Kay Granger.
Former Rep. Michael Burgess succeeded Cole as chairman of the Rules Committee. Burgess, a Texas Republican, decided to
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