Heidi Heitkamp

You are not unique. This can happen in any family.

But we now have knowledge and understanding of a business practice that is basically designed to do exactly the opposite--to exploit children.

We will continue to advance the cause of Native children and advance the cause of Native people.

We need to make sure that the resources are available to support this important initiative.

I feel somewhat obligated to say something nice about Jon Tester, but it is getting harder every day.

Yes. And I would suggest that if you looked at the history of Great Plains, it is exactly that-- Federal loan guarantees that through negotiations, pennies on the dollar back to the Federal Government.

I do dispute somewhat the notion that the only value that the mandate has had is, those expressed in the statute itself, which is greenhouse gas, which is looking at energy independence.

I think we have missed a couple of years here because of the uncertainty that has been in the market.

What is available is going to depend on what there is capital investment for and whether there is capital investment and innovation is going to depend on regulatory certainty.

We do not want a self-fulfilling prophecy, which is the reset happens because we have reset.

Just because, for a variety of reasons, we do not meet the targets does not mean the law is either a failure or needs amendment.

I think there is, beyond an all-of-the-above energy policy that really works for the United States and gives us the diversity in our fuel choices.

I think when we look at advanced--not to put a fine point on it, but this is a building block industry.

They are suggesting and expressing their unified position in opposition of efforts by petitioners to move the point of obligation on compliance.

I think we can find some good folks right there.

That is not a formula for success--especially when they are going to have to rely on the sheriff to give them backup if they encounter an event.

One of the biggest concerns from the Border Patrol agents I talked to when I was at Portal is communications.

The bill that will inevitably get signed into law by the President--hopefully, in the next couple of weeks--will put demands on you to inform the public as well as inform this Committee and Congress about what those threats are.

I want to reiterate what you were talking about earlier, which is that there are tasks that are being performed by guys and gals wearing badges that really could be done by other professionals--especially as it relates to the UACs issue.

We owe it to them to give them the best equipment.

I think it is critical that we look for efficiencies, but I am always reminded of the story...

You could really make a case that is a national security imperative, because you do not want those same folks using those incredible skills to go do something else.

So how would you effectuate that, how would you implement that in Border Patrol?

I would say there is no more critical place where you need to do that, because we absolutely need the best and the brightest in this terrific challenge that we have on cybersecurity.

I think we want people to feel like this is not them asking for a job; this is them getting recruited to a job.