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 sits on the Rules Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House. The following is from the May 3, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.I rise today in opposition to the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. No one supports violent acts of crimes committed out…
