Rep. Doc Hastings to speak at PNWA's Mid Year
Meeting
PNWA is excited to announce
that Congressman Doc Hastings will kick off our Mid-Year Meeting as our keynote
speaker on Monday, June 29th! Rep. Hastings has been a great advocate for
issues of importance to PNWA and our membership. His support for regional economic development
and transportation infrastructure has earned him a reputation as an effective
leader both in the Northwest and our nation's capital. In 2007, PNWA honored Rep. Hastings as our Pacific
Northwest Waterways Association Legislator of the Year.
During his
time in Congress, Rep. Hastings has established a long history of serving the individuals,
ports, and communities of Central Washington.
He started the ongoing feasibility study for new water storage in the
Yakima Basin, got the federal government engaged in finding a solution for the
Odessa Subaquifer, and founded the bipartisan Congressional Nuclear Cleanup
Caucus to promote the cleanup of nuclear waste sites like Hanford. Rep. Hastings was recently selected as the
top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee, overseeing the
Bonneville Power Administration, Bureau of Reclamation irrigation projects (including
Columbia Basin Project and Yakima Project), endangered species recovery, and federal
hydropower projects like those on the Columbia Snake River System.
The
membership of PNWA appreciates the time Rep. Hastings will spend with us at the
Mid-Year Meeting, and looks forward to seeing him in June.
PNWA staff contact: Kristin Meira
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