Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) is leaving the House. He announced his decision to not seek re-election on Saturday.
Gallagher will finish his term but then he will be going to the private sector. “Congress is no place to grow old,” he said.
It was a surprise announcement. This is his eighth year in Congress. He has established himself as a top national security and foreign policy hawk. He was considered an up-and-coming Republican, a leader in the next generation of Republican politicians. He is the youngest committee chairman in recent history. He is 39 years old.
Gallagher chairs the high-profile Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. He pointed to his chairmanship of that committee and of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation as examples of his accomplishments. The select committee has released three reports on policy recommendations on U.S….
