A panel of House Republicans on Monday night chose New York Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.

Reps. Michael Guest of Mississippi, Clay Higgins of Louisiana and Carlos Gimenez of Florida were in the running for the top Homeland Security spot.

Guest will continue to lead the House Ethics Committee and the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. 

“I am looking forward to working with Chairman Garbarino to continue to secure our border and advance President Trump’s America First Agenda,” Guest told Mississippi Today in a statement. 

Guest, who has represented Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District since 2019, previously said that if the homeland security panel had selected him as the new chair, he would have worked closely with Trump and that had unique experience to lead the committee. 

Before joining Congress, Guest was the elected district attorney in Madison and Rankin counties.