Heidi Heitkamp

I am pleading for these crime victims and their families that they should know where these cases are.

We owe a unique and specific burden to Native American women.

I am encouraged that today's hearing comes just three weeks after my bill was introduced and I hope we can continue this momentum as we move to get this bill through the Committee and up to the full Senate for a vote.

I think we need to do more to support our Native communities.

I want to applaud Senator Hoeven for what he is doing to try to bring more victims services.

I think it is important to know what your clearance rate is.

Of all responsibilities our government assumes, none is more urgent, more dire, and more necessary than the protection of the most vulnerable of our society.

We can pass all the laws and we can get all the sponsorships but if we do not have a commitment from the Department of Justice...

You can never solve a problem you will not admit you have.

This is not a State issue looking for a Federal solution. This is our problem.

I also want to thank Savanna's family who kindly agreed to allow us to use her name and to honor her in this way by naming the bill after her.

I am pleased to write this letter of support for, and commitment to, supporting Savanna's Act.

These areas outlined are necessary to understand not only the complexities of the jurisdictions, but the depth of the issues of law enforcement and judicial responses that affect the lives and safety of Native women every day.

The U.S. government has a federal trust responsibility and legal obligation to safeguard not only the Treaties, but to ensure all citizens of the United States have equal access to justice and the right to live a life free from violence.

I want to mandate it, because I am tired of executives saying, 'I did not know,' 'Not my business,' 'Did not look, not my business.'

The quickest way to provide a deterrent from insider trading or all kinds of nefarious bad acts is send someone to jail, right?

We certainly hope those fund managers are reading the prospectus.

I pledge to you to be a forceful advocate for your agencies that you look at reforming.

I think one of the frustrations that we have had, Senator Lankford and I have had, is OMB and the IG reports not being listened to.

I also believe, Dr. Pon, that you are the first line of defense when agencies say we need this quality of person.

So our expectation is that you will be heavily involved with OMB, that you will be working hand-in-glove to try and help them evaluate personnel needs within agencies.

I think not just getting the people on board to do that, but going through what we are required to do and what people have recommended us to do, we needed to be hawkish on those management requirements.

I think you have a serious trust problem today.

That is kind of like saying, you know, lock the door after the thief went in your house.

I am deeply concerned about the remedial efforts and how all of that rolled out to begin with.