New York’s Andrew Garbarino takes helm of House’s cybersecurity subcommittee

New York Republican Andrew Garbarino has been chosen as the new chairman of the House’s Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee.

With Republicans taking control of the House, experts were eagerly waiting for leadership to pick the successor to Democratic Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, another New Yorker who led the subcommittee when Democrats had the majority. The panel is part of the Homeland Security Committee, which has Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) as its new chair.

Garbarino previously served as the …

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