Top House Repubublican Said To Be Reconsidering Retirement After Announcement

A House Republican who’s chairman of an essential committee is claimed to be reconsidering retirement on the finish of his present time period.

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Green confirmed in an announcement to The Hill that he’s “seriously reconsidering” his future plans after Punchbowl News first reported on his retirement announcement.

What may very well be driving Green’s reversal is the urging of the Tennessee congressional delegation, Just the News noted.

“I am hoping Mark Green will reconsider and get back in TN7. Mark is a solid conservative, and we need him to continue his work on the border,” Tennessee GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn instructed Punchbowl.

In addition, different GOP members of Tennessee’s House delegation have additionally urged Green to rethink.

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Greene made his retirement announcement a day after the House narrowly voted to question Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his lack of ability to convey order to a chaotic border that has seen greater than 7 million folks cross illegally into the U.S. on his watch. That stated, Mayorkas is just finishing up President Joe Biden’s insurance policies.

“Should Green decide to follow through on his retirement, he would be one of several Republican committee chairs to depart at the end of the current term. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger have all opted against seeking reelection,” Just the News famous additional.

Meanwhile, a rising variety of Border Patrol brokers, pissed off by the Biden administration’s lack of enforcement of the nation’s legal guidelines in opposition to unlawful immigration, are more and more calling for the Senate to maneuver on impeaching Mayorkas.

Five federal brokers who spoke to the Washington Examiner after the House voted to question Mayorkas on Feb. 13 say the job has been horrendous since he was confirmed by the Democrat-controlled Senate in February 2021.

Some of them additionally concern that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will transfer to dismiss the 2 articles earlier than a trial may even start.

“I want to see our government take action!!” a California-based agent wrote in a textual content message to the outlet when requested in regards to the impeachment. “It took them long enough.”

Another California-based federal regulation enforcement agent stated that Mayorkas, who has led the DHS for 3 years, should be held accountable for the chaos on the border.

“Yes, I would like to see a trial,” stated the agent, who has been with the Border Patrol for 20 years. “There are no consequences for smugglers right now. We have so many [people who fail to yield to agents] and smugglers loading [vehicles with illegal immigrants] right on the border.”

The identical agent instructed the Examiner that prosecution charges for the variety of smuggling instances weren’t comparable, which meant that few smugglers confronted the results after arrest.

“Smuggling is at the highest. They know we won’t prosecute them,” the second agent stated. “He let it get out of control. He is responsible as head of this agency.”

A 3rd agent known as the House’s slender 214-213 vote to question Mayorkas “amazing” however famous he wasn’t optimistic something would occur to the DHS boss.

“I want to see him GONE!” the agent, who is predicated in Texas, wrote in a textual content. “Realistically speaking, nothing will happen.”

A fourth Border Patrol official who works within the Washington, D.C., headquarters workplace stated area brokers are pissed off and indignant.

“For the most part, everyone I’ve spoken to is content that it’s happened,” the official stated concerning Mayorkas’ impeachment. “It’s big, but we’re worried that the position will be filled with someone equal or worse than him.”

A fifth Border Patrol agent stated the impeachment effort will probably be for naught.

“It won’t change a thing. All the work the Border Patrol has done over the years has essentially been for nothing,” the agent stated. “The morale and motivation to go out and work groups has been destroyed and will take a generation of agents before it will ever begin to return.”

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