Honorable Doc Hastings
United States Representatives, 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 and is the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. The following is from the December 13, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Authorizing the necessary resources for our Nation’s intelligence community is one of the most important responsibilities of Congress. The attacks of September 11, 2001, showed us that…