George R. Nethercutt, Jr. (born October 7, 1944), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the Fifth Congressional District of Washington. Born in Spokane, Washington, he attended Washington State University and Gongaza University, graduating with a degree in Law. He served as Staff Council and later Chief of Staff to Senator Ted Stevens, Republican, of Alaska (now President pro tempore of the United States Senate) before returning to private practice in Washington State. Specializing in estate and adoption law, he also founded the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, a private, not-for-profit institution to help prevent child abuse.
Nethercutt was elected to the House in 1994 in a dramatic election in which he unseated the Speaker of the House Thomas Stephen Foley: it was the first time a sitting Speaker of the House was unseated since 1860. In Congress, he sits on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Science Committee.
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