Honorable Heidi Heitkamp
United States Senator, North Dakota, Democrat
Senator Heitkamp was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. She served as North Dakota Tax Commissioner from 1986 to 1992 and as North Dakota Attorney General from 1992 to 2000. She sits on the following committees: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth, and Energy Innovation; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The following is from the November 18, 2014, Senate floor debate on S. 2280, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. I rise today to respond to some of the…
