And I really encourage you to work within the court system, and I think we should create an expectation in the Congress...
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.
re-entry has to be part, besides just the prosecution side, we have to get involved in re-entry.
I would add to your challenge re-entry of Native American kids who come in and out of juvenile justice facilities.
we hope that it reflects the great need that we see for law enforcement and for law and order in Indian Country.
Violent crime rates across Indian Country are twice as high as the national average.
I don't think we should be proud to live in a country where 34 percent of Native American women will be raped in their lifetime.
Until people believe that tribal, State and Federal authorities will act in unison and without bias, it is going to be extraordinarily difficult to do that kind of agreement.
most of the country watched with a great deal of interest right before the new year, when we unfortunately had a train derailment in Casselton, ND. What was unique about this train derailment was that the train that derailed subsequently…
in spite of all the discussion about our great energy renaissance and ``all of the above,'' and new manufacturing--and, yes, we are going to be a test site for the unmanned aircraft--in North Dakota we live and we breathe agriculture. In…





