Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"We are extremely pleased and thankful that Senators Heidi Heitkamp, James Lankford, Steve Daines--and we hope all of you will also join--have stepped up to introduce legislation."

"I think sometimes Washington loses sight of how folks really at the local level are trying to make every penny count."

"it can be school supplies, like Senator Heitkamp said, it can be school supplies, it can be pay-to-play fees, lab fees, it could be Native language programs, it could be culture programs, programs to ..."

"I do not think that we have enough information, and so I am a little disturbed by the process here"