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In a CNN interview shortly after his announcement, Buck said the current session of Congress “is the worst year of the nine years and three months that I’ve been in Congress.” He also said he wouldn’t meddle in picking his successor. But he indicated, without offering specifics, that he hopes to play a role more broadly in improving electoral politics in the U.S.

“Instead of having decorum, instead of operating in a professional manner, this place has just devolved into bickering and nonsense and not really doing the job for the American people,” Buck said.