Devin Nunes

Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 21st district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2003
Succeeded by Incumbents
Personal details
Born October 1, 1973 (1973-10-01) (age 38)
Tulare, California
Political party Republican
Residence Tulare, California
Alma mater California Polytechnic State University
Occupation farmer
Religion Roman Catholic

Devin Nunes (born October 1, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for California's 21st congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, located in the San Joaquin Valley, includes all of Tulare County, as well as much of eastern Fresno County. He is also the author of the book Restoring the Republic, published by WND Books in September 2010. Time magazine named Nunes one of the rising stars of American politics under 40, in their list of ″40 under 40″; that is, the top forty civic leaders under 40 years of age.[1] Nunes is a member of two of the most powerful committees in the House of Representatives, Ways and Means and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.[2]

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Early life, Education, and Career

Nunes was born in Tulare, California. His family has operated a farm in Tulare County for three generations. The Nunes family is of Portuguese descent, immigrating from the Azores to California.[3]

Nunes graduated from Tulare Union High School. He is the second Member of Congress to attend Tulare Union, following Olympic gold medalist Bob Mathias three-decades later, who served in House of Representatives from 1967-1975. After associate's work at College of the Sequoias, Nunes graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and a master’s degree in agriculture.

Nunes was first elected to public office when he was 22 years old. He unseated an 18-year incumbent for a seat on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, the College of the Sequoias, earning 65 percent of the vote.[4] He served as a trustee from 1996-2002.[5] In 2001, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as California State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development section. He left this post later in the year to run for the Republican nomination in the 21st congressional district, a new California district created through reapportionment after the 2000 United States census. Before 2002, the 21st congressional district was part of three districts represented respectively by Bill Thomas, Cal Dooley, and George Radanovich.

Elections 2002-2010

Nunes principal opponents in the crowded seven-way 2002 Republican primary were former Fresno mayor Jim Patterson and State Assemblyman Mike Briggs. Nunes was the only major candidate from Tulare County, while Patterson and Briggs were both from Fresno. This was critical; 42% of the district population is in Fresno County and 58% in Tulare County.[6] Patterson and Briggs split the vote in Fresno County, allowing Nunes to win by a four-point margin over Patterson, his nearest competitor. Nunes won 46.5% of the vote in Tulare County and 28.1% of the vote in Fresno County. In addition to Patterson and Briggs splitting Fresno County's vote, Nunes was also helped by a strong showing in the rural part of the district.[7] He won the endorsement of the California Farm Bureau and the Fresno Bee.[8] This district is heavily Republican, and Nunes coasted to victory in November. He has been reelected four times against only nominal Democratic opposition. During the June 8, 2010, California primary, Nunes actually received more write-in votes in the Democratic primary than the Democratic write-in candidate.[9][10] He ran unopposed in the 2010 general election.

U.S. Congress

Committees

During 108th Congress, Nunes' first term in Congress, he served on the House Resources Committee, where he was chairman of its National Parks Subcommittee. He was also a member of the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs committees. In the 109th Congress, Nunes was named to the House Ways and Means Committee. He has served on the committee since then, where he is 6th in seniority, and a member of the Subcommittees on Trade and Health.[11] He was also a member of the House Budget Committee during the 111th Congress. For the 112th United States Congress, Nunes was named to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

In 2003, Nunes became a founding member of the Congressional Hispanic Conference, a caucus of Republican Members of Congress of Hispanic and Portuguese descent.

Policies and Legislation

Water

On May 1, 2011, Nunes with the other members of the San Joaquin Valley’s Republican Congressional Delegation introduced The San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act to restore the flow of water to the San Joaquin Valley. Water restrictions have been in place to enforce the Endangered Species Act, which has seen water allocations decline dramatically even in non-drought years. The result has been what Nunes terms a "man-made drought."[12]

Energy

In 2006, Nunes authored the "American-Made Energy Freedom Act." In July 2008, the Republican Conference introduced the American Energy Act, which included a key Nunes proposal from the American-Made Energy Freedom Act to establish a renewable energy trust fund from revenues generated by deep ocean and Arctic coastal plain exploration and invest the monies in alternative fuels and technology.[13]

On July 28, 2010, Nunes introduced H.R. 5899, "A Roadmap for America's Energy Future." It accelerates the exploration and production of fossil fuel; supports the rapid development of market-based alternative energy supplies; and expands the number of nuclear reactors from the current 104 to 300 over the next 30 years.[14] Kimberley Strassel of The Wall Street Journal wrote that "It's a bill designed to produce energy, not restrict it. It returns government to the role of energy facilitator, not energy boss. It costs nothing and contains no freebies. It instead offers a competitive twist to government support of renewable energy."[15]

Federal Spending, Healthcare, State Pensions

On January 27, 2010, Nunes became an original cosponsor of H.R. 4529, "A Roadmap for America's Future", sponsored by Paul Ryan.[16] H.R. 4529 proposes major reforms of the U.S. health care system, Social Security, the federal tax code, job training, and the budget process. A key feature of the "Roadmap" is that the legislation solves the problem of the unfunded liabilities of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and provides for their long-term financial solvency. On January 29, 2010, President Obama said that the "Roadmap" is a "legitimate" plan to solve the fiscal crisis facing the United States due to the unfunded liabilities of Medicare and Medicaid.[17] Nunes was also a co-sponsor of "Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008," an earlier version of H.R. 4529.

Also in 2009, Nunes co-authored the "Patients' Choice Act" with Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the House, and Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) in the Senate. The Patient's Choice Act would establish a system of state health insurance exchanges and amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for qualified health care insurance coverage. The bill also proposes to adsorb Medicaid programs to the exchange system.[18] The Patients' Choice Act was incorporated into A Roadmap for America's Future.

On December 2, 2010, Nunes introduced H.R. 6484 the "Public Employee Pension Transparency Act."[19] Paul Ryan and Darrell Issa (R-CA) are cosponsors. H.R. 6484 enhances transparency for state and local pensions, and would establish a clear federal prohibition on any future public pension bailouts by the federal government.

Transportation

California State Route 99 is a highway running north and south that breaks off from Interstate 5 at Wheeler Ridge in Kern County and continues through the Central Valley until it connects with I-5 again at Red Bluff in Tehama County. In 2005, Nunes introduced H.R. 99, which designated State Route 99 as a congressional High Priority Corridor. The bill also provided federal authorization for Highway 99 to become part of the Interstate Highway System. The bill became law as part of H.R. 3 in August 2005. On February 17, 2011, Nunes introduced H.R. 761, the "San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act", which would give the State of California the option to redirect federal high speed rail funds to finance improvements to Highway 99.[20] H.R. 761 was cosponsored by Jeff Denham (R-CA) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA]].[21]

Veterans

The Hubbard Act of 2008, H.R.5825, was named in honor of the Hubbard brothers of California, Jared, Nathan, and Jason. Jared and Nathan lost their lives serving in Iraq. Jason Hubbard was discharged as a sole survivor, but denied separation benefits on leaving the Army. The Hubbard Act provides sole survivors a number of benefits already offered to other soldiers honorably discharged. Sole survivors also do not have to repay any portion of their enlistment bonus, are entitled to the educational benefits of the Montgomery GI Bill, and can receive separation pay and transitional healthcare coverage.

Author

On September 13, 2010, Nunes' book, Restoring the Republic: A Clear, Concise, and Colorful Blueprint for America's Future was published by WND Books, an imprint of WorldNetDaily.

Committees 112th Congress

References

  1. ^ http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025225,00.html
  2. ^ http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/government/7612-boehner-appoints-nunes-to-intelligence-committee
  3. ^ http://thehill.com/capital-living/23845-i-broke-so-many-tractors-they-made-me-work-with-the-cows
  4. ^ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/candidate/devin-g-nunes/
  5. ^ http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20021109_41.php
  6. ^ http://www.nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2008/people/ca/rep_ca21.htm
  7. ^ http://primary2002.sos.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/2154.htm
  8. ^ http://www.nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2008/people/ca/rep_ca21.htm
  9. ^ http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-primary/pdf/85-95-cd.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/DepartmentPage.aspx?id=43518
  11. ^ http://waysandmeans.house.gov/
  12. ^ http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing_news?Valley-GOP-Reps-Introduce-Water-Legislat=1&blockID=520842&feedID=806
  13. ^ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-5890
  14. ^ http://nunes.house.gov/_files/NUNES_038_xml.pdf
  15. ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703578104575397652539348486.html
  16. ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/RepDevinNunes#p/u/1/j5i9fHP7Wzo
  17. ^ http://devinnunes.blogspot.com/2010/01/obama-admits-roadmap-reform-is.html
  18. ^ http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2520ih.txt.pdf
  19. ^ http://nunes.house.gov/_files/BILLS111hr6484ih.pdf
  20. ^ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-761
  21. ^ http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x1248562259/McCarthy-backs-plan-to-redirect-bullet-train-money-to-improve-Highway-99

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Bill Thomas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 21st congressional district

2003–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by
Tim Murphy
R-Pennsylvania
United States Representatives by seniority
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Mike D. Rogers
R-Alabama

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