Dec 14, 2025

Committees and Departments - Homeland Security

When contacting senators and representatives, it's good to contact those on the committee that deals with your current concern.  Both the Senate and the House have Homeland Security committees.  


Here are some contacts for these committees and departments -   


EXECUTIVE

Kristi Noem, Secretary of DHS
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane, SW
Mail Stop 0485
Washington, DC 20528-0485

Rodney S. Scott Chief, 
U.S Customs Border Patrol 
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20229 


SENATE

340 Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Washington, DC, 20510

Rand Paul, Chairman
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security
295 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C., 20510

Phone: 202-224-4343

Gary Peters, Ranking Member
Hart Senate Office Building

Suite 724

Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6221


Subcommittee:
Border Management, Federal Workforce and Regulatory Affairs

James Lankford, Chairman
731 Hart Senate 
Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-5754

John Fetterman, Ranking Member

142 Russell Senate Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Phone: (202) 224-4254


HOUSE

Andrew Garbarino Chairman
2344 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC  20515
Phone: (202) 225-7896

Bennie Thompson Ranking Member
2466 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC  20515
Phone: (202) 225-5876


Subcommittee:
Border Security and Enforcement

Michael Guest, Chairman

450 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC  20515
Phone: (202) 225-5031

Lou Correa, Ranking Member

2082 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2965


Interesting Observation About the House Homeland Security Website - 

There is a main site for the House Committee on Homeland Security.  HOWEVER, it appears to be mostly for the Republican point of view.  


The Chairman is clearly marked on the main page and the members page on this site.  

The Senate has one address for their Homeland Security committee - not a Republican one and a Democrat one.  When I first was looking for the main address for the House committee, it took me a minute to see that the address given on the main page was only for the Republicans on this committee.  



An address is given for the Republican arm of this committee.  And then there's a small link for the Democrats on this committee marked as "Minority Website".   On the main site's members page, in the section showing Democrat members, Andrew Garbario is clearly marked as chairman under his photo. Bennie Thompson's Ranking Member title is not shown. I had to go to the minority website to verify who the Ranking Member was and boy, is it clear on that page.  I haven't seen this BS on any other committee in my research... so far.  

For comparison, I highly recommend going to the Senate's Homeland Security page.  They prominently showcase both the chairman and Ranking member at the top of the main page.  Then, in the section for news, they fairly list the 3 latest stories for majority news and minority news... side by side, equal number, equal font.  That's how it should be done.  At least they give the appearance of trying to work together.