Mark Green: “I just--I need you guys clamoring to your boss, saying, 'We got to take care of these guys.'”

Congress is broken, and it was time for me to return home.

To my constituents across Tennessee’s 7th District—thank you. The trust you put in me is humbling.

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.

Our supply chain for food would be disrupted. Think of empty shelves on grocery stores, think of manufacturing grinding to a halt.