Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"this is absolutely, as Senator Heitkamp said, an absolutely critically important conversation to be having."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Vice Chairman Tester for holding what I think is an absolutely critically important hearing today."

"We have to actually know who we are dealing with."

"I think it has created controversy here, and as a result, the Kirk-Heitkamp bill addresses this very issue"