Early this month, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said he will retire by the end of 2018. The other retiring House GOP chairs include:
- Jeb Hensarling, chairman if the House Financial Services Committee
- Dianne Black, chairwoman of the House Budget Committee
- Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
- Bill Shuster, chairman of the Transportation Committee
- Lamar Smith, chairman of House Science, Space and Technology
- Gregg Harper, chairman of House Administration Committee
In June last year, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, resigned. He is now a Fox News contributor.
Some Republican representatives such as Trent Franks of Arizona and Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania resigned because of sexual harassment allegations.
At present, 40 House Republicans already announced their intentions to retire, resign, or vacate their positions to run for higher office in the 115th Congress. Two weeks ago, Congresswoman Martha McSally decided to run for the Senate to replace retiring GOP Senate Jeff Flake of Arizona.
