Heidi Heitkamp

Something that provides internal control, some kind of written policy on this is what we are going to do to review...

A guidance should not hurt you, right. A guidance should only help you be able to meet the requirements that are set out in the statute and in the substantive rule process.

Being guidance is not enforceable.

To simply unilaterally, without comment or process, change the rules does not seem to be what a guidance should do.

I cannot describe it for you, but I know it when I see it, and we all may have a different line in terms of where we think guidance may cross over to substantive rulemaking.

If we were in compliance before doing what we are doing, then how can we so dramatically be out of compliance right now?

That is one of your recommendations in your report, is that we actually look at written policies as it relates to guidance...

It looks like it is a shortcut to changing the rule.

But, we should know what those requirements are from both the statute and the substantive rulemaking, and when it seems like we cross that rubicon, when we stop thinking that this is helpful in interpretation and it seems to change the…

We all agree, hopefully, here that a guidance does not have the full force and effect of law, right?

I think it is a wonderful opportunity for our country to use this new growth in our energy resources for smart and better diplomacy.

I think it threatens our national energy security.

I share Senator Corker's concern about making sure that this country is sure and certain about terrorism sanctions.

We will continue to sanction those entities that engage in terrorist activities, that engage in human rights violations.

We will continue to push for increased and maintaining sanctions on anyone who engages in terrorism and human rights violations.

Water is king in the West and we all know that.

Do not put these tribal entities, tribal leaders and their tribes through the process simply to forestall compensation for the damages.

I want to know what you are going to do to change that culture of distrust.

When we do not agree with what the agency does or even when the agency is struggling with a 40-year-old law, we need to take responsibility.

There is so much here--I mean, we have been pretty wide-ranging, and so I kind of do not know where to start.

We have had such a great collaboration on this Committee, and I think you see it on the Committee as a whole.

I do not believe has been talked a lot about is that the fact of lifting the sanctions regime will, in fact, build a bigger, better, more economically stable Iran into the future.

It is very difficult in my State to explain why we should lift sanctions on Iran when we are sanctioned in the United States of America in terms of our oil exports.

We cannot look at this problem without looking at the broad scope of services that are provided...

The stigmatization of that label is something you will carry the rest of your life.