It's been a tough week for me because, you know, the political rhetoric is you can't vote that way if you expect to come back. And I tell people, Ray and Doreen Heitkamp didn't raise me to vote a certain way so that I could win. They…

If someone like me can't get reelected, what does that speak to others who want to be moderate? I just encourage people to do to their base. I think that's a real concern.

I fully expected her to vote yes.

Once the President sets a strategy -- a global strategy I think it's better if we go ahead behind him, unify and win a trade war fast rather than undermine the entire process.

I rise to discuss the bipartisan, bicameral 5-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration Act that we will be voting on, and I believe passing, in about one-half hour. This is the first 5-year reauthorization for the FAA…

I'll be voting no on Judge Kavanaugh.

my small businesses are coming and saying there is no certainty to this for us.

Chairman Hoeven, Ranking Member Udall and members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify today.

are you willing to come out and visit rural areas like areas in my State to get a firsthand knowledge of what the situation is there and listen to the people?

Yeah, we need to move forward.

I think you want to take a broader look than just North Dakota.

I think it is important that we follow up.

I think that you see a business optimism that is a result of a sense that at least someone is going to listen to us about regulation.

I think the Clean Power Plan was folly. I think that it was wrongly decided at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

One of the concerns that I have... that can change tomorrow... our job is to provide systemic, long-term certainty.

But my point to you is that if you take this to the extreme and you eliminate regulation, we have seen that.

I completely concur in what Senator Lankford said.

Throughout his service in Congress, Senator McCain was a real champion for Indian Country.