Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"We cannot continue to air drop in resources erratically when suicides spike in Indian communities and turn around and abandon those communities when patchwork funding runs out."

"What they lack is a sustainable funding source. These efforts are at the heart of the trust responsibility our government holds with tribal nations."

"I can tell you stories of children who have been involved in anti-suicide programs who have been model children who later committed suicide."

"We cannot simply say 'we share your concern.' It is not enough any longer for the Federal Government to say we share the concerns of all the tribal entities and all the tribal families and all the tri..."