A GOP congressman says he has 'zero concerns' about the wave of departures from the House: 'We probably need a few more retirements'

• Rep. Bob Good isn't concerned about the wave of House GOP retirements ahead of the 2024 elections.
• "I think the retirements are a wonderful thing," the Virginia congressman recently told CNN.
• Kevin McCarthy suggested to CNN that the departures were a goal of figures like Good and Matt Gaetz.

In recent months, members of both parties have lamented the wave of retirements from Congress, with some influential members calling it quits at the height of their congressional careers.

But for GOP Rep. Bob Good of Virginia — the conservative Freedom Caucus chair who was one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California as speaker last year — the departures have been a welcome turn of events.