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Heidi Heitkamp

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Heidi Heitkamp is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic-NPL Party, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from North Dakota. During her tenure, Heitkamp focused on issues such as agriculture, energy, and rural development, advocating for policies that benefited her state's economy and communities.

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Apr 28, 2015

I think anything that you can do that would be helpful to address the concerns of rural America as it relates to homeland security.

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Apr 28, 2015

we have seen an increase in the number of runaway and homeless youth in the State

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Apr 28, 2015

I think that when we are talking about it, I think all of us, every person in this country, probably wishes for 100-percent situational awareness.

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Apr 27, 2015

Why is judicial review necessary if, in fact, the agency makes a mistake? Congress plays a role in correcting agency mistakes...

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Apr 27, 2015

I think Congress should play a role in making this determination.

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Apr 27, 2015

Well, I mean, if you take my example of King v. Burwell, if the judiciary decides we are tired of patching this together, what happens?

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Apr 27, 2015

When we do not act effectively, we are basically writing a blank check.

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Apr 27, 2015

Congress needs to take responsibility for clarifying ambiguity in things that are as controversial, I think, as CO2.

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Apr 27, 2015

I think one of the concerns that I have about all this is where we have burdensome and unnecessary regulation.

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Apr 27, 2015

And the court does not live in a vacuum. I mean, the court understands real world implications of their decisionmaking.

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Apr 27, 2015

I am not pleased with the process that was used in the controversy around that rule.

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Apr 27, 2015

the President is politically accountable for decisions that he makes, maybe not in his second term.

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