While saying she's not done with public service, Central Florida Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy announced Monday she IS done with the U.S. House. Murphy- a member of the Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol- says she won't seek re-election next year. Murphy says she'll leave office full of gratitude for her constituents and the country--
"My journey from fleeing a violent communist regime to being rescued by the U.S. Navy to working in national security at the Pentagon and now as the first Vietnamese-American Congresswoman is a journey that could have only happened here in America."
Murphy has two young children and she says she wants to spend more time with her family. She says she's most proud of her reputation for bipartisanship and she credits putting 'people over politics.'
"At a time when our politics have become so divisive and dangerous, my greatest hope for my colleagues is that they do the same," Murphy said. "To stop the name-calling, saber-rattling and the disinformation and to listen to one another. Be ideological in the fight but pragmatic in the end."
As for the future, Murphy says she'll look for new ways to give back to her country.
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