Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"It is time that we take that expertise and that leadership that nurses show every day, put it in among the highest ranks."

"I just want to close with telling you how grateful I am that you are willing to take on this challenge, and I look so forward to working with you."

"She will hold people accountable who are not doing their job."

"There has to be more accountability in order to kind of tell the people that we serve, which are the taxpayers, that we are being fiscally responsible."