Garbarino, Andrew R.

Andrew Garbarino represents New York's 2nd congressional district and serves as Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, a position he assumed in July 2025 following Mark Green's resignation. As committee chair, Garbarino controls the panel's agenda, schedules hearings and markups, and determines which legislation advances—giving him significant influence over homeland security policy, emergency preparedness, border security, and related oversight matters. The committee's work directly shapes how the federal government addresses threats to national security and responds to crises.

Garbarino brings relevant professional experience to the role. He is an attorney who worked at his family law firm in Sayville after law school and comes from a background in small business ownership across Long Island communities. Before entering Congress in 2021, he served eight years in the New York State Assembly, where he represented the 7th district and was active in Italian-American legislative circles. This combination of legal training, business experience, and prior legislative service provides him with practical knowledge of governance and constituent concerns.

As a moderate Republican, Garbarino has demonstrated a willingness to work across party lines on significant issues. He voted with Democrats on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021, supported the January 6 Capitol attack commission, and backed the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022. In 2023, he was among only 18 Republicans who opposed Jim Jordan's Speaker nomination all three times. His committee assignments also include roles on the House Financial Services Committee, where he chairs the Capital Markets Subcommittee, and service on the House Ethics Committee.

Garbarino's legislative priorities reflect both his committee responsibilities and constituent interests. He has sponsored bills addressing veteran suicide prevention, small business relief, and flood insurance extension, among 67 total sponsored measures. His political profile as a pragmatic Republican willing to break with party orthodoxy on high-profile votes positions him as a bridge-builder within a polarized Congress, though his chairmanship of Homeland Security places him at the center of contentious national security debates.