Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., a champion of National Flood Insurance Program reform, announced on August 26 that he will resign from Congress, citing complications related to his wife's pregnancy.
Duffy, the ranking member on the House Financial Services' Housing, Community Development and Insurance Subcommittee, has led Republican efforts to reform the embattled program that provides more than 5 million flood insurance policies to property owners, renters and businesses.
Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis. |
Duffy was elected to Congress in 2010 and chaired the subcommittee for two years before Democrats took back the House majority in the 2018 midterm elections.
In a Facebook post to constituents, Duffy said his ninth child, due in late October, will "need even more love, time, and attention due to complications, including a heart condition."
"With much prayer, I have decided that this is the right time for me to take a break from public service in order to be the support my wife, baby and family need right now," Duffy wrote.
He is stepping down Sept. 23, a week before the current NFIP authorization is set to expire.

