Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"The job that you have is absolutely the most critical job to improving those conditions."

"I would suggest that the ultimate measure of your success is the health of Indian people, not necessarily accreditation."

"I consider it an ill thought-out policy response to a critical issue that the Supreme Court has said we need to take a different route on."

"We have made some progress but I feel we are just beginning to get to the important work of changing and improving the Indian Health Service."