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Vern Buchanan is the Republican U.S. representative for Florida’s 16th Congressional District and has served in the House since 2007. He is vice chair of Ways and Means, chairs its Health Subcommittee, and serves on the Joint Committee on Taxation.
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Vern Buchanan is the Republican U.S. representative for Florida’s 16th Congressional District and has served in the House since 2007. He is vice chair of Ways and Means, chairs its Health Subcommittee, and serves on the Joint Committee on Taxation.
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Open leadership record ↓Vern Buchanan is the Republican U.S. representative for Florida’s 16th Congressional District and has served in the House since 2007. He is vice chair of Ways and Means, chairs its Health Subcommittee, and serves on the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Buchanan’s official biography records a business career before Congress, six years in the Air National Guard, and long-running work on tax, trade, health, veterans, and animal-welfare legislation.
On January 27, 2026, Buchanan announced that he will retire at the conclusion of the current term. He remains a current House member until that term ends; the announced retirement is treated as a future transition, not as an already completed departure.
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