Devin Nunes is a Republican representing California’s 21st congressional district. http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/129325 Nunes was first elected to Congress in the 2002 general election, winning the election with 41 percent of the vote.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/congress.pdf Nunes was reelected to a fifth term in the 2010 general election, running unopposed.http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf Congressman Nunes serves as Assistant House Republican Whip, helping build support for the party position on upcoming votes.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDevinNunes.Biography http://www.scribd.com/doc/36856852/CRS-Report-for-Congress-House-Leadership-Whip-Organization

Congressman Nunes is a member of numerous committees and caucuses. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee from which legislation concerning taxation, Social Security and other fiscal issues originates. He also serves on the Budget Committee. Nunes is a member of the Dairy, Portuguese and Western Caucuses. He also serves on the Congressional Wine, Farmer Cooperative and Mining Caucuses, and is a member of the Congressional Working Group to Combat Government Waste.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDevinNunes.Biography

Devin Nunes was born in Tulare County, California on October 1, 1973.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/n000181/ He grew up on a dairy farm that had been in his family for three generations.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDevinNunes.Biography Nunes attended California Polytechnic State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business in 1995 and a master’s degree in agriculture in 1996.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/n000181/ http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDevinNunes.Biography Nunes entered politics when he was elected to the College of the Sequoias Board of Trustees, serving from 1996 to 2002.http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/129325 http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDevinNunes.Biography In 2001 Devin Nunes was appointed by President George W. Bush as the California State Director of the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.http://www.californiapensionreform.com/boot-camp/speaker-bios/ Devin and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Tulare, California.http://www.californiapensionreform.com/boot-camp/speaker-bios/

Congressman Nunes introduced the Turn on the Pumps Act in 2009, a two-page bill intended to alleviate the water shortage San Joaquin Valley farmers in his district were facing.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=350eb49e-b0d0-fc95-f8bb-37ee86400e38 He has also introduced the American Made Energy Freedom Act, legislation designed to foster the development of clean energy technologies and energy independence.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDevinNunes.Biography In addition, Nunes co-sponsored the Patients' Choice Act as an alternative to the Health Care Reform legislation passed in 2010. Nunes believes the Patients' Choice Act would ensure quality health care for all Americans more efficiently and at a lower cost than the Health Care Reform Bill of 2010.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=f1625ca4-b0d0-fc95-f891-0662d03d12be http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2520

Congressman Nunes opposes the Cap and Trade energy tax plan. He believes the plan would cause energy costs to skyrocket, have no real impact on worldwide carbon emissions and damage the U.S. economy by driving American jobs overseas.http://nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=d4a6135f-19b9-b4b1-1265-804cd5cd8cb4 Nunes also opposes the moratorium on offshore oil drilling. He supports adding personal retirement accounts to existing Social Security benefits.http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Devin_Nunes.htm Congressman Nunes voted along party lines 95 percent of the time during the 111th Congress.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/states/ca/