Representative John Katko is the Republican leader of the House Committee on Homeland Security and represents the 24th district of New York. As a former prosecutor in the state of New York, Ranking Member Katko’s commitment to defending the homeland began long before his swearing-in to Congress, as he worked numerous cases on counterterrorism, border security and immigration, and drug and human trafficking. Ranking Member Katko has served on the House Committee on Homeland Security since joining Congress and assumed a number of leadership roles including Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security; Ranking Member of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee; and lead of the Committee’s Foreign Fighter Task Force, a bipartisan group of Members that advanced policies to prevent terrorism.