Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Lamar Hastingsis the U.S. Representative for Florida's 20th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. The district, numbered as the 23rd District from 1993 to 2013, includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1979, until his impeachment and removal from that post in 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 September 1936
CityAltamonte Springs, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal.
Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state.
FEMA has lost its focus, and Floridians know first-hand of the agency's shortcomings, .. Natural disaster preparedness and response programs have become trapped in a homeland security bureaucracy.
Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility.
Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.
There ain't no rules here, we're trying to accomplish something...All this talk about rules...When the deal goes down...we make 'em up as we go along.
Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Al Gore needs to understand that what happened in Florida is not necessarily about him, ... suffered serious infractions and irregularities and disparities. And the fact is that -- if nothing more -- the residual from this should be election reform.
As a matter of fact, religious differences are actually exploited to convince people to participate in primarily political conflicts.
It is clear that the incumbent president allowed the state authorities to be used in a manner which did not allow free and fair elections in Belarus.
I will not be satisfied until all veterans in Palm Beach County and the surrounding area get the care fitting of the service they provided to our country, ... I don't think that's happening right now.
Generally, until this recent spat, we've had collegiality. Now we're like everyone else. It's a political game.
I don't think that we could be any more forceful in asserting that the election did not meet international standards.
The election-day process deteriorated progressively during the counting and tabulation.