Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I can only tell you as an attorney general in the 1990s, these numbers shouldn't shock me."

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

"I only have so much time, Mr. Hochberg, so do you think you can achieve a 25-percent target in this period of time that we have given you in this reauthorization?"

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