Congressman Doc Hastings

Serving Central Washington

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  • Ranking Member Hastings Proposes Creation of Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    Nov 18, 2010  - WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov 18 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent the following letter to Members of the House Republican Conference of the 112th Congress proposing the creation of an Energy and Natural Resources Committee by consolidating the energy portfolio fro... More
  • Hastings Outlines Natural Resources Committee Priorities
    Nov 3, 2010  - WASHINGTON D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) outlined the following broad priorities for the Republican Majority on the Natural Resources Committee.  Hastings is seeking to become Chairman of the Committee in the 112th Congress.   “Now is the time for Re... More
  • Members Urge NRC Chairman to Continue Yucca Mountain Review
    Oct 14, 2010  - Washington, D.C.–   Several leading Members of Congress asked Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko to justify his plans to halt the review of the Yucca Mountain, Nev. nuclear waste repository and urged him to move the process ahead. In a letter sent to Jaczko, four ranking... More
  • Statement from Congressman Hastings on Hanford Consent Decree and Settlement
    Oct 7, 2010  - “Today’s action speaks to the shared commitment and willingness of both Washington state and DOE to work together to advance Hanford cleanup.  Meeting the federal government’s legal cleanup commitments, however, won’t be achieved through this agreement alone – it will also require the responsible bu... More
  • Statement from Congressman Doc Hastings on Abrupt Cancellation of Public Tours of the Hanford Reach Monument’s Rattlesnake Mountain
    Oct 6, 2010  - “This is the federal bureaucracy at its most maddening.  It’s been over a decade since President Clinton declared the Hanford Reach a federal monument and the public still can’t set foot on the top of Rattlesnake Mountain.  It shouldn’t take a federal law to ensure that the public has acce... More
  • 18 Months…and Still Waiting
    Oct 1, 2010  - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) After 18 months of failure by the Obama Administration to resolve the ongoing tariff dispute with Mexico, Congressman Hastings today wrote to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to again press for an immediate solution that protects local farmers... More
  • ObamaCare Hits Six Month Mark
    Sep 23, 2010  - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today as President Obama’s health care law hits the six month mark.  The government takeover of health care was signed into law on March 23, 2010.   “Six months after President Obama signed into law the Dem... More
  • Hastings Statement on Release of “A Pledge to America”
    Sep 23, 2010  - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today after House Republicans unveiled A Pledge to America, a new governing agenda built to address the priorities of our nation.  The Pledge is the culmination of engagement with the American people in which Hous... More
  • Obama Administration Inaction Leads to New Tariffs on Washington Apples
    Aug 18, 2010  - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In response to the news that Mexico has imposed new tariffs on American agriculture products, including a 20 percent tariff on fresh apples, Congressman Doc Hastings (WA-04) blasted the Obama Administration’s inaction to solve the dispute.  For the past sixteen months, Hastings ... More
  • Democrats Bring Congress Back to D.C. for Another Bailout?
    Aug 6, 2010  - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In an unprecedented maneuver that will result in new government spending, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats are bringing Congress back to Washington D.C. to vote on a $26 billion bailout for state governments.  Congressman Hastings, who has voted against each and every bail... More