Heidi Heitkamp

Are you willing to work on a bipartisan basis so that we can move these nominees as expeditiously as possible without getting into the weeds on someone that many of us suspect might be a saboteur of the Bank?

One of the great fears that we have is that the suggestion of the leadership of the Ex-Im Bank going to former Representative Scott Garrett... would not advance the interest of the Bank.

One of the demands of the American public and the responsibility of Washington, DC, is to encourage economic growth.

You have an obligation not only to the taxpayers and people of this country. You have a treaty obligation to meet these standards under treaty obligations.

It is a matter, in some cases, of life and death.

We cannot afford to wait six years to address the issues that GAO has set forth.

We are struggling every day in Indian Country in this country with poor schools, poor health care, poor law enforcement, and lack of housing.

I think the recent examples of disclosing classified information to foes is not a step in the right direction.

It is critically important to remember that... there may come a time when you are asked to do something that is not in the interest of the American people.

We need advice. We need information. And we are going to have a choice here.

I am over my time, Mr. Watt. I am sure we will have more conversations about this in the future.

We cannot have rural development without housing. We cannot have economic development without housing.

I think Putin understands that the greatest vulnerability we have internally in this country is hyper-partisanship.

The bill, S. 943, amends the Johnson-O'Malley Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the full participation of all qualified Indian students eligible for this program.

It is incumbent upon Congress and the Administration to do everything we can to support and improve it.

This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to provide a more accurate student count of Indian students.

Ensuring that Agencies have the resources they need, I think, is absolutely critical to addressing the Federal hiring challenges.

I think that is absolutely critically important to supporting the work that the government does.

It is the job of each and every one of us to ensure the protection of all children.

No child, regardless of their background, should ever have to endure abuse at the hands of those who are meant to provide safe and loving homes.

This hearing is an opportunity for us to discuss the implementation of the Native American Children's Safety Act (NACSA)--a critically important step forward for improving the welfare of Native children in Spirit Lake, North Dakota, and…

I think this is something that everybody needs--to check ideology at the door, you know, all of this stuff, and look with very clear vision at what is going to happen in the next 20 years as we transition away from defined benefit plans to…

But, Senator Conrad, if we look at--if your choice is, you know, here is this high-yield fund, it has got more risk...

I think the component of all this--and it is like you can lead a horse to water, but can you get it to drink?

I could not agree more in terms of financial literacy.