Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"When we fail to fill needed vacancies unnecessarily, the only people we are hurting are ourselves."

"Across-the-board cuts and the shrinking of the overall Federal workforce are not the answer to making the Federal Government more efficient or more effective."

"Not always the sexiest of topics, public employment, but absolutely critical if we are going to do the best that we can for the people of this country."

"I am not sure I understand how that philosophy could ever be consistent with the President who has really, I think, spoken to that oil rig worker saying, 'We are on your team. We are on your side.'"