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Devin Nunes
Devin Gerald Nunes, OIH, (born October 1, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is the twelfth and, at 42 years old, youngest Member of Congress in history to serve as chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Nunes' district, numbered as the 21st District from 2003 to 2013, is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes most of western Tulare County, as well as much of eastern Fresno County. He is a member of the Republican Party. 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.〔(Devin Nunes - 40 Under 40 - TIME )〕 Nunes is a member of two committees in the House of Representatives: Ways and Means, where he was chairman of the Subcommittee on Trade and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he is chairman.〔(US home prices rise strong 12.1 percent in June )〕 He was co-chair of the Brazil Caucus and the U.S.-Mexico Friendship Caucus.
== Early life, education, and career ==
Nunes was born in Tulare, California, the oldest of two sons born to Anthony and Diane Nunes.〔()〕 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.〔('I broke so many tractors, they made me work with the cows' | TheHill )〕
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 to 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.〔http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/candidate/devin-g-nunes/〕 He served as a trustee from 1996 to 2002.〔http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20021109_41.php〕 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.
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