senator heitkamp, thank you for your patience. >> i call up heitkamp number three. i don't want to belabor a long discussion here on every detail of this fairly lengthy amendment, but i want to respond to senator coburn who suggests that some of this is related to parochial interests. obviously we have service centers in north dakota, we have rural post offices in north dakota but we have a growing population in north dakota and i can tell you stories about the post office. including my favorite one that i heard of my last trip back, the local lady who delivers mail for years under contract, everybody knew her and she knew everyone, always check in on the elderly, she lost her contract on a cost- saving measure and they hired a company out of california who hired ex-cons who threw the mail in the ditch. that is the way i look at the post office these days, through the eyes of my constituents who, let me tell you, you might think that is an isolated story but i could go on for at least 20 hours telling you about the post office. but my interest in doing this and doin

i think senator heitkamp would too. but i suggest 60 days to get some possibility of congressional action. otherwise there's almost no point of putting the 30 days in here. >> mr. chairman, i totally agree. i would go for 90 but whatever we can resolve here. >> i'm willing to accept 60. are you ok with that? thank you very much. let's make this unanimous consent. is there objection to this? no we have to go back to the amendment. heitkamp amended. >> can i thank our chairman and dr. coburn? really, very appreciated. >> thanks for your very constructive comments. now we move to final passage to heitkamp as amendment. all in favor, saying aye. opposed, say nay. the ayes do have it, amendment as incorporated. do you have an amendment? amendment number four. >> it goes to the issue ranking member coburn talked about as far as delivery in rual areas. just over a year ago the postal service used to use third-party to assist. delivery in the rural areas. organized under alternative means of transportation contracts. in june 20

how would you describe heidi heitkamp? >> i think i am straightforward. one of the reasons i am here, being from a state where the president lost by 22 points, i said, number one, i started out with a very high name id. most people know who i am and they know me from name -- from years of working in the state of north dakota. came, heidis heitkamp is this or that, people shrugged her shoulders and said, we know her. she is not that. state with a lot of voters and you have a chance to have a personal relationship, i think it is really hard for that tactic to win. atone of those ads, you are a batting cage with a wink at the end. what was that about? >> we were just having fun. i am just getting started, right? you play softball? >> i did. the whole family played softball. my dad started out coaching amateur baseball and we transition to softball, men's and women's. he had 4 daughters. girls in town with time on their hands and my dad ticked up a that and a ball and said -- ball and a bat and a said get out, we are going to play softball. that started our s

. >> next a conversation with heidi heitkamp. >> senator heidi heitkamp, a democrat from north dakota. i want to begin with one of your campaign ads. you describe your mom as a janitor, your dad as someone who never finished high school and you are one of seven. what was that like? >> we did not think it was all that rare. back then, a lot of people in the world war ii generation did not finish high school, who had to help out on the farm. an eighth grade education was considered the most you could ascribe to. for us, it was not odd. our dad was always a community leader and so we never thought about education as being what you learned in school. education was what you did and how you learned in real life. my dad was a community leader and my mom was the protector of the underadvantaged. the worst thing you could commit from my mother was to pick on another kid. when i was born, my mother had 4 kids and the oldest was 2 and they had no twins. we came in rapid succession. by the time my mom was done, my brother, my youngest brother, joel, my mom had seven kids in nine years. and this w

how would you describe heidi heitkamp? >> i think i am straightforward.ne of the reasons i am here, being from a state where the president lost by 22 points, i said, number one, i started out with a very high name id. most people know who i am and they know me from name -- from years of working in the state of north dakota. when the ads came, heidi heitkamp is this or that, people shrugged her shoulders and said, we know her. she is not that. in a state with a lot of voters and you have a chance to have a personal relationship, i think it is really hard for that tactic to win. >> one of those ads, you are at a batting cage with a wink at the end. what was that about? >> we were just having fun. i am just getting started, right? >> did you play softball? >> i did. the whole family played softball. my dad started out coaching amateur baseball and we transition to softball, men's and women's. he had 4 daughters. girls in town with time on their hands and my dad picked up a bat and a ball and said get out, we are going to play softball. that started our softb

senator heidi heitkamp, a democrat from north dakota. i want to begin with one of your campaign ads. you describe your mom as a janitor, your dad as someone who never finished high school and you are one of seven. what was that like? >> we did not think it was all that rare. back then, a lot of people in the world war ii generation did not finish high school, who had to help out on the farm. an eighth grade education was considered the most you could ascribe to. for us, it was not odd. our dad was always a community leader and so we never thought about education as being what you learned in school. education was what you did and how you learned in real life. my dad was a community leader and my mom was the protector of the underadvantaged. the worst thing you could commit from my mother was to pick on another kid. when i was born, my mother had 4 kids and the oldest was 2 and they had no twins. we came in rapid succession. by the time my mom was done, my brother, my youngest brother, joel, my mom had seven kids in nine years. and this wa

senator heitkamp. senator coburn. senator mccain. >> no by proxy. >> senator johnson. >> no. >> senator portman. >> past. >> senator paul. >> no by proxy. >> senator enzi. >> no by proxy. >> senator ayotte. >> no. >> senator carper. >> no. >> mr. chairman on the boat of those present the yeas are five and then azar five. on the vote by proxy the yeas are to, the nays are three. on this vote the yeas are seven the nays are eight and the motion is not agreed to. >> any other amendments? >> i have one less thing i want to say. i'm going to vote for final passage on this to move it to the floor and the reason is because of your hard work and the work of senator coburn. i have total respect for you guys. you guys have spent so much time on this and work so hard. we still need to work on it and hopefully we will get it to the floor and hopefully have the amendment process there and work on the manager's amendment but i just want to say thank you both for your hard work. >> thank you for working with us. senator castor. >> d

north dakota democrat heidi heitkamp. >> it makes critical reforms to target resources where they are most needed while also giving farmers the opportunity to thrive. >> reporter: the farm bill is passed only once every five years. congress says this one saves money but it's 50% more expensive than the one from 2008. scott, there's little doubt it will pass in a final v will pass in a final vote tomorrow. >> pelley: and the president says he'll sign it. sharyl, thanks very much. today nielsen reported more than 111 million people watched the seattle seahawks demolish the denver broncos 43-8. super bowl xlviii was the most- watched television event in u.s. history. seahawks finally headed home this afternoon. their flight was delayed by the snow in new jersey. their fans in seattle didn't wait, however. they celebrated late into the night. for the most part they behaved. there were a few bonfires and some windows were broken downtown. seattle hosts a victory parade on wednesday. >> a convicted murderer escapes from prison. we'll have the latest on the manhunt. and what will become of t

. >> next a conversation with heidi heitkamp.

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send a heidi heitkamp tells us how her name went from mary catherine the heidi.spent i grew up in a very small catholic community and when i was growing up, the two classes, whether was first and second or third and fourth were all in the same classroom and at that time a really small group of girls, a lot of married, and mary beth and she was betsy and america and and she was marianne and mary jo who was mazie. been a mary kay -- mary catherine. my best friend's name was kathy, and so she decided in third grade that she would rename me, so she was rations reader and had already read hundreds of books i think by the time she was in third grade and heidi was one of her favorite books that she was thought it was great and she gave me the name id and its stock spent we will talk with senator johnson on how his grandfather changed the family name. >> with my grandfather and great-uncle came over from norway in 1906 and when they got to ellis island, they did no english with exceptions because the words out what and call for which they learn on the way over. but they'

heitkamp: thank you so much for this opportunity to talk about something that is -- i ask that quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from north dakota. ms. heitkamp: in north dakota in spite of all of the discussion about our great energy renaissance and all of the above and the new manufacturing and yes, we are going to be a test site for -- for the unmanned aircraft, in north dakota we live and we breathe agriculture. in summer our plains are filled with beautiful sunflowers and canola fields and flax and if you have never seen a field of flax i'll send you a picture. it's the most amazing view especially when the canola is next to the flax. our ranchers take serious provide in their cattle herds that graze around our state. and the wheat, grain, corn and soybeans farmers provide help feed the world and are the best products produced in agriculture today. agriculture also supports 16 million jobs around the country including thousands of manufacturing jobs in north dakota. this is not surprising given that our state is one of the most produc

. >> i would like to offer a second-degree amendment to the height camp amendment -- ke heitkamp amendment. this amendment will address carrying of guns in parking lots and will be amended from previous amendments that i have had in that the date will take in effect take effect one day after. i would like to vote on the second-degree amendment. >> can i just ask the gentleman just to withhold your amendment for a few minutes. effort to try to craft an amendment on this subject -- >> as long as we have unanimous consents -- consent that my amendment will be voted on, but this is my last chance to know i will have a vote right now. i will really push it as long as we agreed by unanimous consent that what there will be a vote on my amendment is worded by us. >> can i have the minute? >> it is similar to what has been presented other than an enactment date change. >> let's suspend for a moment. >> ok, let's resume this conversation. we talked a little bit with dr. coburn and others, and what i think i will ask you, if you will, withdraw the second-degree ,mendment so we can debate it voted up

. >> senator heidi heitkamp. thank you very much. thank you. we spoke to him about his family and family name. we talked with him late last year. >> senator john thune, republican of south dakota, do you remember the first time he came to washington dc? >> i do, actually. i was in college and at that time, there was a member of congress from the state of south dakota, jim abner, who i had gotten to know when i was in high school. and he had me come out here and spend a week over one of the periods when congress was in session and just got acquainted with the town and with congress and sort of politics in general. and that was one of the first times i guess i can remember actually starting to get a little bit interested in politics. >> what were your impressions back then? >> it was really daunting. like you said, i have never been here before. you've seen pictures of these things. you have studied it, obviously. but actually coming here and seeing up close and personal washington dc and seeing all the history, it is so rich with history. it was

. >> "american profile" interviews and senators heidi heitkamp johnson, tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and the c-span.org. a discussion on a new book examining hillary clinton's life and political career, from today "washington journal." host: we're back with two authors. amie parnes and jonathan allen. co-authors. what story are you trying to tell in this book about hillary clinton? guest: a couple of storylines. one is her comeback story. i find it fascinating. i think anyone would find it fascinating. mostly how she would govern if she were president. this is her biggest management job. how does she manage a 70,000 person bureaucracy and how does she govern and what decisions does she make and who does she surround herself with? all of these things are highlighted in the book. host: if you are trying to figure out what kind of president she would make, what did you think you needed to say about her? guest: we needed to figure out how it is she makes decisions, what she puts an emphasis on, what her priorities are. she has had a lot of experience insi

. >> american profile interviews with senators heidi heitkamp and john thune starting on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> next on c-span to a debate on evolution and creationism. we will hear from bill nye the science guy and ken ham, the founder of the creation museum. >> i am pleased to welcome you to legacy hall, the creation museum in northern kentucky in the metropolitan area of cincinnati. i am from cnn and i am pleased to be the moderator for this evolution versus creation debate. this is an old question. where did we come from. my answer is from washington this morning by airplane. [laughter] but there is a much more profound and longer answer people have sought after for a long time. so tonight's question is the following. is creation a viable model of origins and today's modern scientific era? we have hundreds of thousands of people who are watching on the internet at debatelive.org. of course the auditorium here are all the folks of joined us as well and we are joined by the media representatives from many of th the worlds great news organizations and we are glad to h

heitkamp: most of the country watched with i think a great deal of interest right before the new year when we, unfortunately, had a train derailment in castleton, north dakota. what was unique about this train derailment was that the train that derailed subsequently derailed another train and resulted in a fairly large explosion which sent shock waves i think again through the rest of the country as we started to address the issue of how do we maintain safety on the raivment. so we've been having a lot of discussions about what is the appropriate level of regulation, we've been having a lot of discussion about tank cars. the u.s. department of transportation has been meeting with the railroad industry as well as the oil and gas industry trying to assure that whatever decisions are made enhance the safety. but i want to talk about and that's not about government regulation and it's not about kind of long-term strategies except to the point that it is about the heroics and the importance of first responders. and so i rise today to honor the heroics of jeff anderson, an engineer in train