House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger will retire from Congress rather than run again next year, the veteran lawmaker announced Wednesday.
Granger, 80, was first elected in 1996 and has been the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee since 2018. The news of her pending retirement was first reported by Fort Worth Report, a nonprofit newsroom that covers her district, which includes Fort Worth and its northwestern suburbs.
Granger, the first female Republican House member from Texas, said in a statement that she believes it is time for the next generation of leaders in her district to step forward.