Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I trust you to do your job. I just do not know why we need to spend this kind of money, outside a system, when this is going to be a recurring problem."

"What I disagree with is...why we need to hire a firm and spend $40,000 per hire to that firm."

"Maybe you ought to take that $40,000 and incentivize somebody to move there."

"But why do we need to sign a contract with someone else to do something that we would expect you guys were doing, in terms of recruitment?"