Republicans Select Garbarino as Homeland Security Chairman (1)

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) will lead the House Homeland Security Committee after beating three colleagues in a tight race for the influential panel’s gavel.

Republicans voted to approve Garbarino as chairman during a conference meeting Tuesday, following a late Monday vote by the House Steering Committee backing the New York Republican. The other contenders were Reps. Carlos Giménez (Fla.), Michael Guest (Miss.), and Clay Higgins (La.).

Garbarino is the most moderate of the group, best known for his cybersecurity policy experience as chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. He played up his border security ...