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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.

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Sep 13, 2017

we are going to be watching very closely the administration of those funds to guarantee that those funds are utilized

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Sep 13, 2017

This is a program that is about saving lives.

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Sep 13, 2017

I do not always agree with you, but you are known as a big thinker.

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Sep 13, 2017

we did not just discover this problem. This is a problem that has been ongoing for a lot of years.

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Sep 12, 2017

I think if you go back and take a look, let us talk about supervision. I have a bill that has been supported by a lot of folks on supervision.

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Sep 12, 2017

I think there are two steps to this process, and the first step is the low-hanging fruit, where we could all sit down, across the ideological spectrum, and say, 'This is crazy.'

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Sep 12, 2017

When we had the surge at the border of unaccompanied minors, they carry a gun, but they were changing diapers.

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Sep 12, 2017

Getting them back on patrol should be our top priority.

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Sep 12, 2017

Probably the worst example, in my opinion, is the Department of Homeland Security.

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Sep 12, 2017

But I do want to make this point, that we have created an atmosphere where a mistake could be catastrophic.

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Sep 12, 2017

If you made no mistakes today, you really did not get anything done.

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Sep 12, 2017

I would resist a little bit what you are saying, Rachel, because I am a huge proponent of the Ex-Im Bank.

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