Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I just want to close with telling you how grateful I am that you are willing to take on this challenge, and I look so forward to working with you."

"I am a big believer, as a lot of people at SAMHSA, a lot of people working on this, that we can do better in terms of treating the whole person."

"We have to be serious about fixing this problem. If we are serious about fixing this problem, we are going to be serious about funding the fix."

"Police protection is poor, schools are not top notch, you have no place to live and the list goes on."