Working-class roots, large family shaped a future senator
December 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
At a recent gathering in Grand Forks, Senator-elect Heidi Heitkamp talked about the large family she grew up in, the tough physical jobs she held as a young woman and her husband, a quiet family doctor she calls her ‘biggest asset.’ Continue Reading
U.S. Senator-elect Heidi Heitkamp has been appointed to the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Committee on Indian Affairs, she announced Wednesday.
In farewell remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today, Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., urged his colleagues to set aside partisan politics while addressing fiscal challenges facing the country.
Two days after her election to the U.S. Senate, Heidi Heitkamp said she was not certain she would be greeting happy supporters at a Grand Forks victory party today, but she gave them all the credit.
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