Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"You have an obligation not only to the taxpayers and people of this country. You have a treaty obligation to meet these standards under treaty obligations."

"We cannot afford to wait six years to address the issues that GAO has set forth."

"It is a matter, in some cases, of life and death."

"We are struggling every day in Indian Country in this country with poor schools, poor health care, poor law enforcement, and lack of housing."