The Hill reports:
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) announced Tuesday (October 30th, 2017) that he will retire at the end of his term.
"Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the U.S. Congress in 2018. Although service in Congress remains the greatest privilege of my life, I never intended to make it a lifetime commitment, and I have already stayed far longer than I had originally planned," Hensarling said.
Hensarling has been set to lose his position as chairman of the Financial Services Committee at the end of this Congress; GOP rules limit a chairman to three consecutive terms. Hensarling said the term limits made it the right time to leave Congress to spend more time with his family.
From what we all have been hearing. Hensarling is a fairly decent member of the house. We cannot help but wonder if he is choosing to leave due to frustration with his life in congress. His seat is most probably a safe GOP seat. But if the number of incumbent republicans who decide to retire keeps growing. Then the GOP needs to get it's act together or they should get used to saying "House Speaker Pelosi" come January 2019.
Just another partisan hack. Says use constitution when Obama has the keys:
ReplyDeletehttps://hensarling.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/hensarling-statement-on-syria
But hypocritically says it's alright when a Repug runs the Department of Offense:
https://hensarling.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/hensarling-statement-on-us-military-strike-in-syria