John Hoeven actually said...

"I would be very interested in getting your assistance on a number of bills that we have proposed to expedite this process."

"I then signed an agreement--I was Governor at that time--with the tribe whereby they agreed to have the State regulatory process apply on the reservation too."

"There just has to be a straightforward way to get through that in a timely way so we do not get back to this we are taking a long time and we are not getting through the process."

"I have introduced legislation with Senator King--this was bipartisan legislation, Senator King from Maine--that would both keep us at the lower sodium level, but not go to the next target level."