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.
The person who is working at the grocery store making $15 an hour who cannot afford to live and is living in their car do not feel so lucky.
I think it is really quite remarkable that you are all coming with about the same level of suggestions. And it is, I think a tribute to the great work that has been done by Senator Corker and Senator Warner in vetting this process to begin…
I think it is important to understand that there is a level of frustration among a lot of folks out there that we continue to talk about reform, but we never do reform.
I want to just tell you I have a particular interest in this, which is making sure small institutions are able to participate in mortgage lending to begin with before you can even get into the secondary mortgage market.
I think this is such a critically important response and quick response to this horrible tragedy.
I do want to kind of pick up from where Senator Coburn has taken the discussion, which is security is--I guess if I can just say it this way--best done when it is clear that this is a high priority.
It seems like there might be some cost/benefit in safety in looking at electronic surveillance.





