eliot glassheim. closing statement. rep. glassheim: thanks for having us. my mother was a grade school teacher who came over in immigration around the turn of the century and they believe that frank len roosevelt saved their lives. my father was a small manufacturer, 40 people working for him. and he -- every election season, he voted for a moderate republican. so i have both of those elements in my character. and i think i'm exactly what the senate needs to be able to ork across the aisle and get things done. unfortunately, i'm glad to hear senator hoeven say that he wants to work together with republicans. but he's voted 90% of the time with mitch mcquonl and has been involved in the dysfunction of washington of not getting things done. i hope to get things done. and i hope to incorporate -- moderator: time is up. rep. glassheim: democrat and republican ideas. moderator: thanks to all of you. rep. glassheim: in nigh legislation. moderator: thanks to all of for a lively debate and thank you for watching prairie public and aarp's coverage of election 2016.

elliott. >> glassheim: social security is one of my top priorities.t's extremely important to tens of thousands of retired people in north dakota and millions around the country and people depend upon it. we also need to make sure the government guarantees that it will be there long into the future. right now but congress has been kicking the can down the road, they've been unable to act on it and if nothing is done very soon within 17 years, everybody will take a cut in their benefits automatically. nobody will be to blame. everybody in congress will say it's not our fault we didn't do it but it will happen if they don't act. we need to increase the basic level at which people pay taxes. it's 114,000. we need to raise that perhaps to 200 or 250 and that will bring in enough money to deal with most of that deficit and we may have to also do things to hold benefits in check. we have to have republicans and democrats agree. >> i am not a professional establishment politician so i don't need to lie to people about these things. the congressional budget a

glassheim. mr.heim: i would remind senator hoeven that we have a president who has a strategy. we have the continued drone strikes, we are pushing isis back, we are working with our allies. i think he is waiting for some funding from the congress, i don't know what has happened to the congress, but we are doing exactly what he says he wants. president obama is in charge of that and it is working. matt: let's move to the economy, specifically north dakota's economy, which, in the last year, is very dependent on energy and oil. we have had across-the-board budget cuts and accusations that maybe north dakota is too dependent on energy, too cozy with oil companies, as some have alleged. what can be done to fortify the state's economy from your seat in washington? sen. hoeven: i talked about this at the outset. the solution is not more government, it is stimulating the private sector, and empowering the entrepreneurs, ingenuity. you do that by reducing the regulatory burden, reforming the tax code to mak

. >> eliot glassheim, response? >> i agree that we need energy, we need to pipelines, safest means of transporting oil. we're not going to do without oil any time in our lifetimes, so we need to find a way to do it. however, we do know that pipelines occasionally break, and so there is no absolute guarantee of safety for drinking water. i don't know how we resolve that issue, but the pipeline has to be built, but it needs to be done safely. and it needs to be done perhaps in a different place crossing the missouri, perhaps not there. but that needs to be negotiated out and discussed further. >> robert marquette. >> well, as far as i know, in the entire process they had archaeologists on site to ensure that all the historical sites were preserved. all the petitions were filed and the pipeline should just go through. i believe it's the safest and most effective way to transport oil. we just need to ensure that we have a thriving and vibrant bakken in order to ensure we can supply the oil. spewed senator hoeven the las

glassheim: thanks for having us, matt. a 1997, grand forks suffered tremendous flood, 800 homes were badly damaged. almost the entire city had to be evacuated. at that time i was