Honorable Doc Hastings
United States Representative, Washington, Republican
Representative Hastings, of the Fourth District of Washington, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987. He chairs the House Committee on Natural Resources. The following is from a June 17, 2014, statement released by Representative Hastings in response to President Obama’s announcement of Executive action to expand protections near the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. For years, the Obama Administration has threatened to impose ocean zoning to shut down our oceans, and today the President is making good on that threat. This is…
