Jerry Honoli to step down from the best democratic monitoring committee in the House of Representatives Virginia
Jerry Honoli, the largest Democrat at the Main Supervision Committee of the House of Representatives, announced that he would not be nominated for his re -election and resigned from the position of his committee, noting that the cancer he had previously dealt with.
Virginia’s Democrat was elected as a party member in the prominent committee last December, after its former president, actor Maryland, Jaime Raskin, moved to the Judicial Committee.
A challenge of a member of the Progressive Congress in New York, Alexandria Okasio Cortez, has overcome a position at the forefront of the Trump administration received, with the help of Nancy Pelosi, a former spokeswoman for the House of Representatives, who was understood that he was fell on the members in favor of voting in favor, who was 75 years old.
On Monday, Konoli – who was undergoing esophageal cancer – announced that the condition had returned after going to remission.
“When I announced my nomination six months ago, I promised transparency,” he wrote in an open letter to his voters in the North Virginia that was Posted on social media. “After exhausting treatments, we learned that the cancer, which was beaten at first, had come back now.
“The sun sets in my time in public service, and this will be the last period of my jurisdiction in Congress. I will go back as a member of the Supervision Committee soon.”
Some Democrats were criticizing the election of Connely as the party’s main number in the committee, which came at a time when the members of the other senior committee were pressured to step down in favor of the younger representatives amid a call for the transformation of generations.
It was not clear whether OCASIO-Cortez, who was no longer a member of the Supervision Committee after joining the Energy and Trade Committee, had plans to install another attempt to become a member of the classification. Politico speculation Two younger Democrats, Khanna from California and Jasmine Crocate from Texas, may throw their hats in the ring.
Mark Warner, Senator Democrat in Virginia, A paid greeting To Conli.
He said: “Throughout his career, Jerry Honoli has served as the best in public service – heavily smart, in advance, deeply committed to the people of North Virginia and our nation.” “Whether it’s a motivation for federal workers, or calling for good rule, or now he faces cancer with the same flexibility and gravel who have identified his life in public service, Jerry is one of the most difficult fighters I know. I have no doubt that Jerry will continue to fight – for his society, and for the reasons he believes in.”