Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"We can fix this, but it is important to step back as the commission proposed by Senators Heitkamp and Murkowski offer to do."

"This is on us. This is on all of us because we are the adults."

"We respectfully request that the procedures used to implement the legislation not be duplicative, costly nor a source of frustration to possible foster parents or caregivers."

"It still happens across this Country. Despite all our best efforts, we still see these problems."