"We know there are children at risk in this Country, Native American children especially."
"I agree with him that we have caseloads that are overwhelming to the caseworkers that we do have."
"I want to express my great affection and appreciation for the work that Senator Dorgan has done."
"Isn't that interesting? Not very interesting, it is pretty depressing."
"We can fix this, but it is important to step back as the commission proposed by Senators Heitkamp and Murkowski offer to do."
"It still happens across this Country. Despite all our best efforts, we still see these problems."
"I cannot believe in a country as great as America that if we don't all want to solve a problem, and we all want to work to solve the problem, that we can't."
"This commission talks about the barriers, the obstacles, trying to evaluate explicitly what the elements are that we can put together that finally address the heart of this matter."
"Despite all of that, these kids have been left behind. The fact is, it is a national disgrace."
"I have spent a lot of time in Indian Country in my time in public life in North Dakota."
"We must hold professionals accountable when they are not following existing law."