Hastings’ Work for Chelan and Douglas Counties
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Working to protect the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center and its clinics from efforts in Congress to ban doctor-owned hospitals.
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Pressed the VA to bring a new veterans clinic to Wenatchee and introduced legislation to name the clinic after local veteran Bud Link.
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Ensuring federal commitment to local schools heavily impacted by federal land ownership thru Secure Rural Schools law ($2.7 million a year for Chelan County schools).
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Authored legislation passed by the House of Representatives to allow continued fish stocking in the North Cascades National Park.
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Authored legislation to allow reconstruction of the Stehekin Valley Road.
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Authored legislation to enable Douglas County PUD to provide greater local control over land within the Wells Project.
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Worked with Chelan PUD to finalize historic Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP).
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