Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the Fourth Congressional District of Washington.

Born in Spokane, Washington, he attended Columbia Basin College and Central Washington University with a degree in business. He served in the Washington State House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 including in the capacity of Assistant Majority Leader. Hastings was elected to the House in 1994 after being defeated in a prior bid in 1992. He sits on the House Rules Committee and the House Budget Committee. He is also the chairman of the Ethics Committee, where he controversially replaced Joel Hefley; Hefley had angered Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republican leaders by issuing several reports and letters criticizing House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Hastings won his sixth term in the election held 2 November 2004.

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