--who receive health care in my State in rural hospitals who do not know how they are going to get health care if this passes without a replacement, I vote no.
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.
Transitional housing is something that I believe is essential to reentry for so many of the people whose human capital we are wasting every day.
we absolutely need to understand why people are in poverty----without judgment, and that is a critical piece for me.
On behalf of the thousands of people-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will suspend. Debate it not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.
The motto, 'See something, say something,' if the community does not feel appreciated, respected, or is afraid to report something for fear that it will come back to them, you are not going to get the intel that you need.
But we now have knowledge and understanding of a business practice that is basically designed to do exactly the opposite--to exploit children.
If I can just indulge, Senator Collins and I have a bill called SOAR, which is to do better training for emergency room and medical responders.
I think it is critical that you assert your role, and I am going to ask that you pay attention to our RESPONSE Act.