Longtime Rep. Steny Hoyer is set to announce his retirement from Congress on the House floor Thursday, marking the end to a 45-year-long career in the House of Representatives and six decades in public service.
The news, confirmed to NOTUS by a person close to the lawmaker, comes after he told the Washington Post he was going to retire after this Congress.
“I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job,” Hoyer told The Washington Post, adding that he plans to publicly announce his retirement in a speech on the House floor Thursday.