Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"Do not put these tribal entities, tribal leaders and their tribes through the process simply to forestall compensation for the damages."

"I want to know what you are going to do to change that culture of distrust."

"There is so much here--I mean, we have been pretty wide-ranging, and so I kind of do not know where to start."

"When we do not agree with what the agency does or even when the agency is struggling with a 40-year-old law, we need to take responsibility."