U.S. House approves protection for Oregon's Molalla River Nov 20, 2009
Doc Hastings of Washington state said the government should provide logging land elsewhere to replace 411 acres less than a square mile that had historically been set aside to generate revenue for local governments. Schrader and others said there are no plans to log the land, and none are likely. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Former National Guardsman fights deportation Nov 2, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Pasco. Hastings noted Chaudhry's disability from his military service as well as his service as a volunteer firefighter in Yakima and volunteer work with the Red Cross youth program. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Congressmen worry ocean policy will block development Oct 27, 2009
Doc Hastings, the ranking Republican member of the House Natural Resources Committee, said it is important that the task force recognizes multiple uses of the nation's oceans, from fishing to energy development to recreation. "We can protect our oceans without inflicting more economic damage in the middle of a serious recession. Members from both sides of the aisle will strongly oppose any efforts by the Administration to use this report as means of establishing a backdoor moratorium on offshore... (Anchorage Daily News)
Washington politicians try to help man who faces deportation Oct 2, 2009
TDN Bad Boy wrote on Oct 1, 2009 10:30 AM:" Come on everybody, this is a Liberal vote and the Liberals are not going to let even one go. Success story? Only Baghdad Jim would coin that one. In his view, Saddam's gassing of the Kurds was a success story too. His only success was evading the laws for as long as he did. This guy is an illegal. He doesn't get to stay just because he did it illegally. What about the thousands who try to do it legally every year and get turned down? Only our left-wing... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Northwest salmon plan released to criticism Sep 16, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. said the Obama administration had unwisely put dam removal "back on the table" among options in the decades-long dispute over how to balance the needs of salmon and people. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Obama administration pledges to back salmon plan Sep 16, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. took that argument one step further, blasting the president and his advisors for even mentioning it in the plan. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Health care recess over for state's congressional delegation Sep 7, 2009
Doc Hastings of Pasco said "the biggest issue is the euthanasia part of this." Republicans have charged a House bill would create "death panels," but independent fact-checkers have said that wasn't true. With Obama scheduled to deliver a major health care speech Wednesday to a joint session of Congress, no other issue this fall so dominates the political landscape on Capitol Hill or with constituents back home. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Baird defends choice not to hold town hall meetings Aug 9, 2009
So will Republicans Doc Hastings and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Democrats Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schraeder, Norm Dicks and Jay Inslee don t plan live town halls. (Longview Daily News, WA)
McDermott wants review of salmon recovery efforts that includes authority to breach dams Aug 5, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. an opponent of dam removal, immediately criticized the bill and said he would fight it in the House Natural Resources Committee, where he is the top Republican. (Longview Daily News, WA)
House OKs plan to avert horse slaughter Jul 18, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. the senior Republican on the Resources Committee. (AZCentral)
Local World War II infantryman gets his medals Jul 2, 2009
advertisement (Congressman) Doc Hastings office called and said they have all eight medals to present to me, Eberhart said earlier this week. I told them they could just put them in a box and mail them to me; it would be easier for everyone. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Washington congressman raises alarm about government spending Jul 1, 2009
Doc Hastings has been doing some math lately, and he doesn t like the way the numbers are adding up. Federal spending, the national debt and the budget deficit all are rising to unprecedented levels, and that s cause for concern or at least debate, said the Republican congressman from Pasco. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Hastings: crucial debate coming on energy, health care May 29, 2009
Fourth District Congressman Doc Hastings said the issues can be seen as wake up calls for Americans that the Obama administration is moving in a direction he believes a majority of citizens disagree with ... " Forget the cap and trade/tax system, we should not subsidize big oil and coal any longer...it is a shame that we as taxpayers have to clean up all the messes of these businesses and still subsidize the cost of producing the good. Ever heard of acid mine drainage on the east coast, I wonder... (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Fish stocking might end in North Cascades National Park May 24, 2009
Doc Hastings, the top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee, has introduced legislation to allow planting in the North Cascades to continue. He has support from virtually all the state's delegation in the House of Representatives, including leading Democrats. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Gun law wont affect local wildlife refuge May 23, 2009
Doc Hastings, a Republican, disputed that. The fact is American gun owners are simply citizens who want to exercise their Second Amendment rights without running into confusing red tape, Hastings said. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Congress votes to allow loaded firearms in national parks May 21, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. said liberals might believe that, "but the American people won't buy it.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Obama keeps Bush-era polar bear rule May 9, 2009
"Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. and head of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, also protested the decision not to use the act to require emissions cuts. "Monitoring the situation will not tell us more than we know now that the polar bear is threatened and we need to act," she said in a statement.The species law that affords protection for plants, animals and fish that face possible extinction became entangled with the need to reduce pollution linked to global warming more than... (MSNBC -- Environment)
Adam Putnam Named To New Task Force May 6, 2009
Members of the Rural America Solutions Group include Frank Lucas (R-OK), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Henry Brown (R-SC), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Conaway (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Tom Latham (R-IA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), George Radonovich (R-CA), Phil Roe (R-TN), Adrian Smith (R-NE). Article Rating. (The Fort Meade Leader, FL)
Interior Department will not appeal parks gun ruling Apr 18, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. would allow citizens to carry concealed firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. (Missoulian, MT)
Hastings critical of higher deficit Apr 15, 2009
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Fish stocking ban looms at Wash. national park Apr 13, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. said he plans to reintroduce a bill giving the park that authority. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Lower Snake 3rd most endangered river in U.S. Apr 8, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. a staunch supporter of the dams, said both salmon and the dams can be saved. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
House passes bill to expand wilderness Mar 27, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. and other Republicans complained that the measure would lock up millions of acres of land that could be explored for energy and used for other development. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
2 million acres up for 'wilderness' designation Mar 25, 2009
Doc Hastings of Washington, the ranking Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee. "When the federal government shuts down energy production here in America, we're sending good-paying jobs overseas," Hastings said on the House floor this month during debate before an earlier vote. (USA Today)
House kills controversial bill Mar 13, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. called the Democratic rules "an extreme abuse of the process." He said the bill -- a collection of more over 170 individual bills -- was "a 1,200-page monster piece of legislation" that could criminalize collecting rocks on federal land, among other problems. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Bill for wilderness areas loses in House Mar 12, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. denounced the bill as a "monster piece of legislation" that would criminalize collecting rocks on federal land, among other problems. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Public lands bill fails to pass Mar 12, 2009
Doc Hastings of Washington, the senior Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee. As a matter of political practice, leaders generally won't bring bills up for a House vote unless they are confident they will pass. (Fresno Bee)
Obama shelves Bush species rule Mar 4, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Washington, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Hastings on Tuesday also criticized Obama. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Dems' Climate Change Power Grab Hidden in Spending Bill Mar 4, 2009
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Oil chief complains of 'clumsy' government Feb 26, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. said he considered Salazar's slowdown the equivalent of a ban on drilling. (Anchorage Daily News)
House OKs $410B bill to boost spending Feb 26, 2009
Doc Hastings, R-Wash. took aim at a provision that he said would vastly broaden the government's ability to invoke the threat of climate change to halt economic development. (MSNBC -- Race)
White House says stimulus=75k state jobs Feb 18, 2009
Doc Hastings, District 4, R-Yakima, 7,900. Rep. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
In N.C., new wind blows on energy Feb 15, 2009
Doc Hastings, the top Republican on the House resources panel. "Without further exploration, it is impossible to tell exactly what amount of oil and gas reserves the United States is neglecting.". (News & Observer)
Activists push for offshore energy drilling ban Feb 12, 2009
Representative Doc Hastings of Washington, the House Resources Committee's top Republican, countered that expanded offshore drilling is "about creating good American jobs" and reducing the nation's dependence on foreign oil. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
