Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"We need to make sure this consultation process works and that we understand what might be an essential government function for a tribal entity is different perhaps than what would be an essential gove..."

"I do want to point out when you look at the budget, which was passed, which foretells what is going to happen in tax reform, there are some pretty serious cuts in that budget that will have a pretty d..."

"That is ridiculous. If you have a government pension plan and you are running a pension plan at a tribal-owned business, you have to maintain a separate pension plan."

"I believe that every time the words 'State and local government' appear in the Code, we should also read 'tribal government.'"