Honorable Alcee Hastings
United States Representative, Florida, Democrat
Representative Hastings, of the Twenty-Third District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He served a Broward County (Florida) Circuit Court Judge from 1977 to 1979 and as a Federal Judge on the U.S. District Court from 1979 to 1989. He sits on the Rules Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process. He is also the Ranking Minority Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The following is from the July 26, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1938, the North American-Made…
