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.
Congratulations on holding a hearing on something that could be a problem later on and is not a crisis right now.
I would suggest that those at the bottom are not feeling the effects of these policies.
This isn't Cadillac, this is bare subsistence, this is bare existence. These are atrocious, appalling conditions that should not happen in this Country.
I think what you hear today is bipartisan support to fix both of these problems.
So you agree with me that this could be an expansion that we need to get parity for Native Americans who are within the Indian health system.
We need advocates, beyond this Committee, we need advocates in the Administration.
And would you also agree that right now in America we have the greatest income disparity that we have had since the Great Depression, right before the Great Depression?
So this very significant program across the country is not particularly responsive.





