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| CREC-2018-12-21-pt1-PgS8014-3 | 2018-12-21 | 115 | 2 | 164 | TRIBUTE TO HEIDI HEITKAMP | SENATE | SENATE | TRIBUTETO | S8014 | S8014 | [{"name": "Lisa Murkowski", "role": "speaking"}] | 164 Cong. Rec. S8014 | Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 202 (Friday, December 21, 2018) [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 202 (Friday, December 21, 2018)] [Senate] [Page S8014] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO HEIDI HEITKAMP Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, Heidi Heitkamp and I share much in common. Although we sit on different sides of the aisle, we represent resource States, we represent significant populations of Native Americans, and we are each fiercely independent women who have tended to vote our conscience over party on the toughest issues of our time. We are also the best of friends off the court. So it will come as no surprise to those who know us that I am heartbroken that my friend will not be returning to serve alongside me in the next Congress. Our collaborations over the past 6 years have been very productive. We partnered on creating the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, a body named for respected Elders from each of our States. The commission has been stood up and is now operating. I am hopeful that the commission will conclude its work with recommendations that we can adopt into law. The adoption of those recommendations will be a fitting legacy for my friend, the Senator from North Dakota. Senator Heitkamp and I have also collaborated on Savanna's Act, which is the first piece of legislation to specifically address the epidemic of missing and murdered Native women and girls in America. This cause is so very important to my friend, as it is to me, but I would like to share a story about my friend that is so telling about her commitment and her character. On the Wednesday, following our return from the election day and Veterans Day recess, I had a news conference scheduled with the Urban Indian Health Institute. That news conference was called to discuss the results of a new report on the epidemic of missing and murdered Native women and girls in urban American cities. It was important to me that my friend be present at that news conference because it was about an issue that she championed during her time in the Senate, and it would have been excusable if my friend had bowed out, having just fought and lost a difficult reelection bid. But my friend didn't bow out. She stepped up, and she pledged to the advocates present that, even though she will no longer be a Senator come January, she would be moving over to their side come January. She pledged to remain an advocate for this cause that is most important to her. She will continue to do great and good things. Her work is not done. To Heidi, you have done good in the U.S. Senate. We thank you. ____________________ |