In November 2010, Rep. Clarke was elected to represent New York's 11th Congressional District with 90% of the vote. In the 112th Congress, she currently serves on two House committees. Her House committee assignments are as follows:
Homeland Security Committee
- Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management
Small Business Committee
- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
- Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce
Previously, during the 111th Congress, Rep. Clarke was on the following House Committees:
Education & Labor Committee
- Healthy Families & Communities subcommittee
- Health, Employment, Labor & Pension subcommittee
Homeland Security Committee
- Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science and Technology
- Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment subcommittee
Small Business Committee
- Contracting & Technology subcommittee
- Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade subcommittee