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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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May 24, 2016

I stand appalled, quite honestly, that your confirmation is pending.

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May 24, 2016

I sleep easier knowing, Mr. Szubin, that you are on the job.

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May 19, 2016

this evening, I want to honor our Nation's peace officers and to remember those who we have lost in the line of duty over the last year. Sunday was Peace Officers Memorial Day, a day set aside by President Kennedy in 1962 to honor those…

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May 17, 2016

Six kids in the last two weeks is not insignificant.

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May 17, 2016

I am beyond frustrated. I asked the FBI Chairman in this room to come to North Dakota to actually give us a plan.

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May 17, 2016

We have mothers giving their children away for sexual favors for drugs.

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May 17, 2016

Where is the justice in Indian Country for Native American children and families who are terrified by this epidemic?

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May 17, 2016

We cannot suffer another generation and sacrifice them to methamphetamines.

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May 17, 2016

You should also worry about low-tech. my guys would tell you that a .22 in the right place could do almost as much damage as anything we are talking about today.

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May 17, 2016

A miracle happens every day. We walk over to the light switch, and we turn it on, and lights come on.

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May 17, 2016

We have to have you treat it at the Department of Justice like the crisis it is.

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May 17, 2016

Our first children have become our last children.

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