Heidi Heitkamp

I don't think we should be proud to live in a country where 34 percent of Native American women will be raped in their lifetime.

It's critical that we address the unique needs of Native American tribes.

I just want to ask you how amenable is the Bank to taking a look at reversing some of the policies that they have made on coal-fired electricity.

The access to affordable energy is a key component to building the middle class.

I know it might be hard to imagine, but those places in North Dakota we do not consider rural.

I think there is a great deal of opportunity, and as we know, when we look at employment, we all give lip service to small business.

I think there is a lot of people, certainly in this room, who have expressed dissatisfaction with the agreement.

There is a lot of discussion about the internal politics of Iran and whether, in fact, there is a mature enough diplomatic situation in Iran.

The devil is in the details in any negotiation.

I do not regulate them; buyer beware.

Congratulations on holding a hearing on something that could be a problem later on and is not a crisis right now.

I think we need to be thinking about these issues if, in fact, we see this becoming a way to transmit goods and services that is more generally and regularly accepted.

I would suggest that those at the bottom are not feeling the effects of these policies.

And would you also agree that right now in America we have the greatest income disparity that we have had since the Great Depression, right before the Great Depression?

This isn't Cadillac, this is bare subsistence, this is bare existence. These are atrocious, appalling conditions that should not happen in this Country.

So you agree with me that this could be an expansion that we need to get parity for Native Americans who are within the Indian health system.

We need advocates, beyond this Committee, we need advocates in the Administration.

I think what you hear today is bipartisan support to fix both of these problems.

So this very significant program across the country is not particularly responsive.

Section 8 has become irrelevant in western North Dakota.

I think it is really important that we operate on not emotion, but on fact.

We need to have more flexibility for other parts of the country.

One of the biggest challenges we have today in North Dakota is housing.

The person who is working at the grocery store making $15 an hour who cannot afford to live and is living in their car do not feel so lucky.

I think it is important to understand that there is a level of frustration among a lot of folks out there that we continue to talk about reform, but we never do reform.