"We should not be reauthorizing statutes for the sake of reauthorizing, but asking ourselves what will change the paradigm."
"I think I could make a pretty good argument that that tells me that the current sanctions need to be increased."
"A divided Congress is not in the best interest of our national interest."
"Senator Heitkamp and I introduced legislation so farmers and ranchers would be certain that this would not occur at any point in the future."
"The challenges faced by Native American children require urgent attention."
"This idea that we are working on it in the face of these statistics is not an adequate response."
"It is so important that we tell the stories and the truth about what really is going on."
"If we, the powerful government of the United States, cannot protect the poorest, most disenfranchised and most vulnerable of all people, then we are not worthy of the seats we are sitting in."
"We know you feel our pain, we just want you to do something about it."
"too big to fail has become too small to succeed."
"We have got to act sooner rather than later because we are losing the lending lines in these institutions."