CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Rep. Mark Green of Clarksville announced today that he won’t run for re-election to Congress.

In his retirment announcement, Green, who is chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said, “Our country – and our Congress – is broken beyond most means of repair. I have come to realize our fight is not here within Washington, our fight is with Washington. As I have done my entire life, I will continue serving this country – but in a new capacity.”

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Green, a Republican, said he’s proud of his recent work related to border security.

“At the start of the 118th Congress, I promised my constituents to pass legislation to secure our borders and to hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable. Today, with the House having passed H.R. 2 and Secretary Mayorkas impeached, it is time for me to return home. In the last few months, in reading the writings of our Framers, I was reminded of their intent for representatives to be citizen-legislators, to serve for a season and then return home.

Congressman Mark Green on the Clarksville’s Conversation podcast in March 2023. (Chris Smith)

U.S. Rep. Mark Green and Catherine Bertoldi at the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce Veterans Day Breakfast at Morgan University Center on Nov 11, 2023 (Wesley Irvin)

U.S. Congressman Mark Green speaks to the crowd at the 114th Annual Lone Oak Picnic in Cunningham Tennessee on, July 30, 2022. (Lee Erwin)

Rep. Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., center, with Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., left, listen as Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee about his behind-the-scenes knowledge of Trump’s activities, including possible criminal conduct, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep.-elect Mark Green, R-Tenn., center, gets a fist bump from Rep.-elect Mark Harris, R-N.C., right, after drawing his number during the Member-elect room lottery draw on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Green drew 85 out of 85, which determines the order in which he gets to select his new Capitol Hill office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, examining Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland biotech firm whose Baltimore plant ruined millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hybrid hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The hearing is examining Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland biotech firm whose Baltimore plant ruined millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Mark Green at The Ruby Cora on Election Night, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jariel Jimenez)

“I am grateful to my wife, Camie, and my family, for standing beside me and for their service to our nation. During my time in the Army, they sacrificed dad and husband to multiple deployments – and as I have served here in Congress, they have supported me as I’ve been away most weeks. I also want to thank the constituents of Tennessee’s 7th District for the unbelievable honor to serve them in Congress – whose vote of confidence was not only evident in the wide margins in each election, but also without ever having a single primary opponent in my three elections. And finally, I want to thank my staff, whose unmatched hard work, dedication, and talent have resulted in our many victories and one of the lowest turnover rates in Congress.”

Green was first  elected to Congress in 2018 and served as the freshman class president in the 116th Congress. At the beginning of the 118th Congress, Green was selected as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, becoming the only member of Congress to be selected at the start of his or her third term to chair a major legislative committee this century.

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