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In March 2017, the U.S. House intelligence committee, which Nunes chairs, launched an investigation into possible [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]]. On April 6, 2017, he temporarily stepped aside from leading that investigation while the [[Office of Congressional Ethics]] investigated allegations, which Nunes denied, that he had improperly disclosed classified information to the public.<ref name="LAT_2017-04-06">{{cite news |title=Devin Nunes says he's temporarily stepping aside from Russia probe |author=Cloud, David S.|date=April 6, 2017|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-devin-nunes-says-he-s-temporarily-1491486690-htmlstory.html |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Cbs2017-04-06 /> In December 2017, the [[United States House Committee on Ethics]] closed its investigation without taking any action against Nunes.<ref name=cleardec />
In March 2017, the U.S. House intelligence committee, which Nunes chairs, launched an investigation into possible [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]]. On April 6, 2017, he temporarily stepped aside from leading that investigation while the [[Office of Congressional Ethics]] investigated allegations, which Nunes denied, that he had improperly disclosed classified information to the public.<ref name="LAT_2017-04-06">{{cite news |title=Devin Nunes says he's temporarily stepping aside from Russia probe |author=Cloud, David S.|date=April 6, 2017|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-devin-nunes-says-he-s-temporarily-1491486690-htmlstory.html |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Cbs2017-04-06 /> In December 2017, the [[United States House Committee on Ethics]] closed its investigation without taking any action against Nunes.<ref name=cleardec />


In February 2018, the [[Nunes memo]], a four-page memorandum written for Nunes by his staff, was released by Nunes to the public. The memo alleged a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] conspiracy against [[Donald Trump]]. In March 2018, the U.S. House intelligence committee finished its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, concluding that, contrary to the official consensus of the U.S. intelligence community, there had not been collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. (None of the committee's Democrats endorsed this conclusion.) Nunes subsequently began an investigation of the FBI and the Justice Department for allegedly abusing their powers in an attempt to hurt Trump.<ref name=zengerle>{{cite news|last1=Zengerle|first1=Jason|title=How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/magazine/how-devin-nunes-turned-the-house-intelligence-committee-inside-out.html|accessdate=24 April 2018|publisher=New York Times Magazine|date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> Nunes's attacks on the FBI and the investigation by independent counsel [[Robert Mueller]] have created concerns among Democrats and some Republicans about Republican efforts to halt the investigation and to protect Trump from any allegations against him.<ref name=twsWashPost494>{{cite news|first1=Karoun|last1=Demirjian|date=December 31, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/devin-nunes-targeting-mueller-and-the-fbi-alarms-democrats-and-some-republicans-with-his-tactics/2017/12/30/b8181ebc-eb02-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html|title=Devin Nunes, targeting Mueller and the FBI, alarms Democrats and some Republicans with his tactics|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>
In February 2018, the [[Nunes memo]], a four-page memorandum written for Nunes by his staff, was released by Nunes to the public. The memo alleged a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] conspiracy against [[Donald Trump]]. In March 2018, the U.S. House intelligence committee finished its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, concluding that there had not been collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. (None of the committee's Democrats endorsed this conclusion.) Nunes subsequently began an investigation of the FBI and the Justice Department for allegedly abusing their powers in an attempt to hurt Trump.<ref name=zengerle>{{cite news|last1=Zengerle|first1=Jason|title=How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/magazine/how-devin-nunes-turned-the-house-intelligence-committee-inside-out.html|accessdate=24 April 2018|publisher=New York Times Magazine|date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> Nunes's attacks on the FBI and the investigation by independent counsel [[Robert Mueller]] have created concerns among Democrats and some Republicans about Republican efforts to halt the investigation and to protect Trump from any allegations against him.<ref name=twsWashPost494>{{cite news|first1=Karoun|last1=Demirjian|date=December 31, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/devin-nunes-targeting-mueller-and-the-fbi-alarms-democrats-and-some-republicans-with-his-tactics/2017/12/30/b8181ebc-eb02-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html|title=Devin Nunes, targeting Mueller and the FBI, alarms Democrats and some Republicans with his tactics|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>


== Early life, education and career ==
== Early life, education and career ==

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Devin Nunes
Chair of the House Intelligence Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Preceded byMike Rogers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 22nd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded byKevin McCarthy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 21st district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byBill Thomas
Succeeded byDavid Valadao
Personal details
Born
Devin Gerald Nunes

(1973-10-01) October 1, 1973 (age 50)
Tulare, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseElizabeth Tamariz
Children3
EducationCollege of the Sequoias
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (BS, MS)
Signature
WebsiteHouse website

Devin Gerald Nunes GOIH (/ˈnuːnɛs/;[1] born October 1, 1973) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 22nd congressional district since 2003. A Republican, he serves as chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and was a member of President Trump's transition team.[2] Nunes's district, numbered as the 21st from 2003 to 2013, is in the San Joaquin Valley and includes most of western Tulare County and much of eastern Fresno County.

In March 2017, the U.S. House intelligence committee, which Nunes chairs, launched an investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. On April 6, 2017, he temporarily stepped aside from leading that investigation while the Office of Congressional Ethics investigated allegations, which Nunes denied, that he had improperly disclosed classified information to the public.[3][4] In December 2017, the United States House Committee on Ethics closed its investigation without taking any action against Nunes.[5]

In February 2018, the Nunes memo, a four-page memorandum written for Nunes by his staff, was released by Nunes to the public. The memo alleged a Federal Bureau of Investigation conspiracy against Donald Trump. In March 2018, the U.S. House intelligence committee finished its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, concluding that there had not been collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. (None of the committee's Democrats endorsed this conclusion.) Nunes subsequently began an investigation of the FBI and the Justice Department for allegedly abusing their powers in an attempt to hurt Trump.[6] Nunes's attacks on the FBI and the investigation by independent counsel Robert Mueller have created concerns among Democrats and some Republicans about Republican efforts to halt the investigation and to protect Trump from any allegations against him.[7]

Early life, education and career

Nunes was born on October 1, 1973, the older of two sons born to Antonio L. "Anthony" Nunes, Jr. and Toni Diane Nunes (née Enas).[8][9] His family has operated a farm in Tulare County for three generations. Nunes is of three quarters Portuguese descent, with ancestors emigrating from the Azores to California.[10][11] He had one younger brother, Anthony III.[8] After receiving his Associate of Arts degree from the College of the Sequoias, Nunes graduated from Cal Poly with a bachelor's degree in agricultural business and a master's degree in agriculture.[12]

In 2009, Nunes wrote in The Wall Street Journal that he became an entrepreneur at age 14 when he bought seven head of young cattle, learning quickly how to profit from his investment.[13]

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.[14]

Election history

In 2002 Nunes ran for the Republican nomination in the 21st congressional district, a new district created through reapportionment after the 2000 United States Census. His principal opponents in the crowded seven-way primary were former Fresno mayor Jim Patterson and state Assemblyman Mike Briggs. Nunes was the only major candidate from Tulare County; Patterson and Briggs were both from Fresno. This was critical, as 58% of the district's population was in Tulare County.[15] 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. Nunes was also helped by a strong showing in the rural part of the district.[16] He won the endorsements of the California Farm Bureau and The Fresno Bee.[15] The district is solidly Republican, and Nunes coasted to victory in November. He has been reelected seven times against only nominal Democratic opposition.[17][18] He ran unopposed in the 2010 general election.

Nunes's district was renumbered the 22nd after the 2010 census. It lost most of eastern Tulare County to the neighboring 23rd District, and now has a small plurality of Hispanic voters. Despite these changes, it is no less Republican than its predecessor. Nunes was reelected with 62% of the vote in 2012, 72% in 2014, and 68% in 2016.[19][20][21]

During the 2014 election cycle, Nunes received approximately $1.4 million in political action committee (PAC) contributions.[22] During the 2016 election cycle, he received approximately $1.6 million in campaign contributions from PACs.[23]

U.S. Congress

Nunes with President George W. Bush in 2003

Committees and caucuses

In 2015, Nunes became the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.[24]

Nunes is co-chair (along with Jared Polis, Democrat of Colorado) of the U.S.-Mexico Friendship Caucus. In that capacity, he and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer met with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico in April 2012.[25]

Nunes is a member of the House Baltic Caucus.[26]

112th Congress

114th Congress

  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — (Chairman)[3]

Political views

Former Trump campaign CEO and chief strategist Steve Bannon has described Nunes as Trump's second-strongest ally in Congress.[6]

Fiscal policy

On January 27, 2010, Nunes became an original cosponsor of H.R. 4529, Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010, the Republican Party's budget proposal sponsored by Paul Ryan.[27][28]

On December 2, 2010, Nunes introduced H.R. 6484, the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act.[29]

Influenced by David Bradford, Nunes has long been a proponent of a consumption tax model.[30] In 2016, he introduced the American Business Competitiveness Act (H.R. 4377), known as the ABC Act, a "cash-flow tax plan" featuring full expensing and a reduction of the highest rate for federal corporate income tax rate to 25%.[30] Nunes's proposal was influential among House Republicans, and had similarities to the House Republican tax plan introduced by Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady in June 2016.[30] Conservative economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin said that Nunes had "a tremendous impact on the debate" for a non-chairman.[30]

In April 2016, Nunes voted for the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act, a bill that would prevent the IRS from accessing the names of donors to nonprofit organizations.[31] Critics of the bill, which was promoted by the Koch brothers, say IRS access to donor information is important for ensuring that foreign funds do not impact U.S. elections.[31]

Nunes voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[32]

Environmental policy

In February 2014, during a drought in California, Nunes rejected any link to global warming, saying "Global warming is nonsense."[33] He criticized the federal government for shutting off portions of California's system of water irrigation and storage and diverting water into a program for freshwater salmon and the delta smelt. "There was plenty of water. This has nothing to do with drought."[33] Nunes elaborated on his beliefs in an April 2015 National Review article. At the time, California farmers were criticized for their water usage and accused of making the state's drought worse: the agriculture sector uses at least 80 percent of the state's water, often on water-intensive crops such as almonds. Nunes, a third-generation dairy farmer, challenged media criticism of the agriculture industry: "Farmers do not use 80 percent of California's water. In reality, 50 percent of the water that is captured by the state's dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, and other infrastructure is diverted for environmental causes. Farmers, in fact, use 40 percent of the water supply. Environmentalists have manufactured the 80 percent statistic by deliberately excluding environmental diversions from their calculations."[34] Nunes added that California's lack of adequate water storage facilities had only made the problem worse: "Furthermore, in many years there are additional millions of acre-feet of water that are simply flushed into the ocean due to a lack of storage capacity — a situation partly explained by environmental groups' opposition to new water-storage projects".[34] Returning to an argument he has made before regarding California's water storage and irrigation system, Nunes added, "The drought is a genuine problem in California, but our irrigation system was designed to withstand five years of drought."[34]

On May 1, 2011, with the support of other members of the San Joaquin Valley's Republican congressional delegation, Nunes authored the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act to stop a project designed to restore a dried-up section of the San Joaquin River. This later became the basis for another bill Nunes co-sponsored, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act, which passed the House of Representatives in February 2014, but was not voted on by the Senate. Nunes also co-sponsored the California Emergency Drought Relief Act, which passed the House of Representatives in December 2014 but was also not voted on by the Senate. Water restrictions have been in place to enforce the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and other environmental regulations that have seen water allocations decline dramatically even in non-drought years. The result has been what Nunes terms a "man-made drought".[35] Nunes wrote in National Review in April 2015, "The House of Representatives has passed three bills in the last three years that would have expanded California water supplies by rolling back damaging environmental regulations. These bills died amid opposition from Senate Democrats, Governor Brown, and President Obama."[34]

Energy policy

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.[36]

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.[37] 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."[38]

Healthcare policy

In 2009, Nunes coauthored 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 absorb Medicaid programs into the exchange system.[39] The Patients' Choice Act was incorporated into the "Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010".

Transportation policy

California State Route 99 is a highway running north–south that branches from Interstate 5 at the community of Wheeler Ridge in Kern County and continues northward through the Central Valley until it connects with Interstate 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. 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.[40] H.R. 761 was cosponsored by Jeff Denham (R-CA) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).[41]

Immigration and refugees

Nunes supported President Trump's 2017 executive order imposing a temporary ban on entry into the United States by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, calling it "a common-sense security measure to prevent terror attacks on the homeland".[42]

Intelligence Committee

Nunes opposed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an international agreement that the U.S. and other major world powers negotiated with Iran, under which Iran was granted partial sanctions relief in exchange for limits and monitoring of its nuclear activities.[43][44]

As House Intelligence Committee chairman, Nunes oversaw the Republican-controlled committee's two-year-long investigation into the U.S. response to the 2012 Benghazi attack. The committee's final report found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or any other Obama administration officials, and concluded that the response of CIA and U.S. military to the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound was correct.[45] The committee's report debunked "a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies" about the attack, determining that "there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria", but found "that the State Department facility where [Christopher] Stevens and [Sean] Smith were killed was not well-protected, and that State Department security agents knew they could not defend it from a well-armed attack".[45]

Paul Ryan vacated the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee when he replaced John Boehner as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan asked Nunes to stay on the Intelligence Committee, and Nunes complied.[46][47]

Marijuana policy

Nunes has a "D" rating from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) for his voting history on cannabis-related causes.[48]

Comments about other politicians

Nunes at CPAC in 2018

Nunes wrote in his book that members of the environmental lobby were "followers of neo-Marxist, socialist, Maoist or Communist ideals".[49] During the debate over President Obama's health care bill in the House of Representatives, Nunes said of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "For most of the 20th century people fled the ghost of communist dictators and now you are bringing the ghosts back into this chamber."[50] He has also had a long-running dispute with another San Francisco Bay area Democrat, Senator Dianne Feinstein, over California water policy and other issues,[51] even running a series of advertisements against her in California.[52]

Nunes's criticisms have not been limited to liberals or the Obama administration. During the October 2013 budget standoff, Nunes called certain members of his own Republican Conference who favored a government shutdown "lemmings with suicide vests". "It's kind of an insult to lemmings to call them lemmings" because of their tactics, he said.[53][54][55] Nunes explained the origin of his remarks, and the climate in the House Republican Conference and floor in an interview and panel discussion on CNN.[56]

In May 2014, Nunes came under fire when he charged that Michigan Congressman and fellow Republican Justin Amash was "al-Qaeda's best friend in Congress" because of Amash's supposed voting record on National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance. At the time, Amash had voted in opposition to a Nunes water bill for California "on constitutional grounds".[57]

U.S. base in Portugal

In 2015, Nunes clashed with the Pentagon over a U.S. base in the Azores, Portugal.[58] He proposed relocating Africa Command and European Command intelligence centers to the Azores, contrary to plans by Pentagon and NATO to create a larger intelligence "fusion" facility in the United Kingdom, maintaining that this would save money because of the Azores' lower living and construction costs.[59] The Pentagon responded by stating "Moving to Lajes Field is very expensive and living is expensive as well."[60]

Role in Trump–Russia investigation

Main article: Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Further information: Nunes memo

In February 2017, Nunes, who served on the Trump transition team, was the first leading House Republican to deny that the intelligence community had evidence of contact between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.[61] He rejected repeated calls for an investigation by a select committee,[62][63] saying that the House should not engage in a "witch hunt" and that "at this point, there's nothing there".[63] Nunes also rejected calls that he request President Trump's tax returns.[61] At the request of a White House communications aide, Nunes spoke to a reporter for The Wall Street Journal to challenge a story about the Trump campaign's connections to Russia.[64]

When Trump's national security adviser Michael T. Flynn resigned after it was revealed that he had misled the Trump administration about his communication with Russian officials, Nunes said he would not seek to investigate Flynn's ties to Russia.[65] Nunes said, "From everything that I can see, his conversations with the Russian ambassador — he was doing this country a favor, and he should be thanked for it."[65]

On March 22, 2017, during the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Nunes held a press conference to announce that he had received information that communications of members of Trump's transition team had been "incidentally collected" by the intelligence community. The communications had been obtained legally during foreign intelligence surveillance, but were not related to Russia. He added that the information was "widely disseminated" in the intelligence community and later clarified that Trump associates were not necessarily participants in the intercepted conversations. Nunes had met his source for the information one day earlier at the White House grounds, with a spokesman for Nunes saying this provided "a secure location" to view the material.[66] Although Nunes had characterized his intelligence sources as whistleblowers whose identities he had to protect, The New York Times reported that they were actually White House officials Ezra Cohen-Watnick and Michael Ellis,[67] while The Washington Post reported that apart from Cohen-Watnick and Ellis, a third man, National Security Council lawyer John Eisenberg, was also involved.[68]

Nunes was widely criticized for sharing this information with the media and the president before briefing his colleagues on the committee.[69] According to Nunes, the intercepted communications came in November, December and January — after Trump won the election but before he was sworn in as president.[70] Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the committee, and House Democratic leadership called on Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation.[4] He also received criticism from Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham.[71] The latter compared Nunes's actions to those of the comically incompetent fictional character Inspector Clouseau.[72] Nunes was criticized by Democrats and some Republicans for sharing information on an investigation of the Trump campaign with the administration without communicating it to Schiff, his Democratic Intelligence Committee counterpart.[73]

In late March 2017, Nunes canceled a public hearing in which former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, former National Security Agency Director James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan were to testify,[74] saying that he wanted to hear FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers in a classified setting first. Democrats criticized Nunes's decision and said that he was trying to protect the White House from damaging revelations.[75][76]

On April 6, 2017, Nunes temporarily stepped aside from leading the Russia investigation while the Office of Congressional Ethics investigated whether he had "made unauthorized disclosures of classified information, in violation of House Rules, law, regulations, or other standards of conduct" [77] in his March press conference.[3] He called the charges "entirely false and politically motivated".[4] On April 12, 2017, sources from both the Republican and Democratic parties said that the original documents Nunes cited did not support his claims that the Obama administration acted illegally or unusually.[78]

In May 2017, Nunes unilaterally issued three subpoenas seeking documents about former Obama administration officials who requested the unmasking of Trump aides, which led to renewed accusations of colluding with the White House to undercut the Russia probe.[79]

According to Politico, in July 2017, an aide to Nunes secretly sent a pair of Republican staffers to London to contact Christopher Steele.[80][81] The Los Angeles Times editorial board wrote that Nunes' involvement in the investigation was "threatening the credibility of the probe".[82]

In December 2017, the United States House Committee on Ethics closed its investigation into improper disclosure of classified information by Nunes; the co-chairs of the Committee stated: "The Committee does not determine whether information is or is not classified. In the course of this investigation, the Committee sought the analysis of Representative Nunes’s statements by classification experts in the intelligence community. Based solely on the conclusion of these classification experts that the information that Representative Nunes disclosed was not classified, the Committee will take no further action and considers this matter closed."[5] In January 2018, The Atlantic cited three congressional sources describing that the Ethics Committee was never able to obtain the classified information that it was investigating regarding Nunes's case.[83] Nonetheless, deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe resigned due in part to the Nunes memo, for which Donald Trump said he felt "vindicated".[84][85][86]

Personal life

The Nunes family is of Portuguese descent, immigrating from the Azores to California in the early 20th century.[10] Nunes wrote a foreword to the 1951 novel Home Is An Island by Portuguese-American author Alfred Lewis for the 2012 edition by Tagus Press, an imprint of the Center for Portuguese Culture and Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.[87]

Nunes married Elizabeth Nunes (née Tamariz), an elementary school teacher, in 2003.[8] They have three daughters.[8][9]

Honors

Nunes has been awarded the following foreign honors:

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from California's 21st congressional district
2003–2013 		Succeeded by
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from California's 22nd congressional district
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