Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I think it is important that we don't simply hit a hurdle of an absentee landowner and then back away from that process."

"It is complicated, because a lot of what we need to do in order to reduce flaring, what we need to do in order to move product depends on having access to the surface."

"What a better way to encourage self-determination than to allow tribes to manage their own affairs."

"I think given how difficult it is right now to get something changed in statute, we need to continue to push for accommodation in the implementation process that we have."