Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., will resign from Congress effective Friday and plans to reimburse the Treasury $39,000 for a severance payment made to a former employee who alleged she had been sexually harassed.

“With the knowledge I would not be standing for another term, I have decided that stepping down now is in the interest of the constituents I have been honored to serve.,” Meehan said in a statement Friday. “I have stayed to fight for important priorities like fully funding our troops, increasing support for medical research and preserving promising clean energy solutions. And now that work is accomplished.”