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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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Mar 24, 2014

I think that would be, just in terms of looking at heightening awareness within the first responder communities and within the emergency services and States and those people who are responsible for responding to hazmat incidences.

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Mar 24, 2014

I would suggest that we have a whole other group of people we have not talked about, which are the men and women who may be feeling less secure if they are on the rails today transporting this product.

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Mar 24, 2014

What happens if they do not want to get too close to that car?

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Mar 24, 2014

I think that has raised questions not only in our State but across the country.

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Mar 24, 2014

You would have to sacrifice property.

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Mar 24, 2014

We think you have $5 million now that you might be able to spread around a little bit.

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Mar 24, 2014

But right now your challenge is, isn't it, to imagine if it were in town, what would you do?

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Mar 24, 2014

If we are going to continue what we think is this energy renaissance that has been so critical and so important to America's future, we need to figure out safety of the transport of this material.

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Mar 24, 2014

$400,000 for an engine is a lot of fish fries, right?

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Mar 24, 2014

The threat to transportation is, No. 1, you would knock out a major hub and cause economic disruption.

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Mar 12, 2014

Investing in transportation is investing in economic development for Indian Country.

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Mar 12, 2014

I just want to make the point, and I don't mean to point fingers, but I was talking to the chairman up at Spirit Lake.

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