Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I think one of the things that disturbs me about that fire is that when you look back, and when I talk to the ranchers who begged the Forest Service not to light that fire..."

"But, you have got to have a response when things get out of control that is not, we used our best judgment. Therefore, we are never negligent."

"if this is not negligence, I do not know what is."

"I hope I get a better answer than Senator Portman."