. >> michael coachman. >> what people need to realize is freedom is always attached to the land. you are not free if you don't own your property. if you go to to three years without paying property tax they will come and take it, which i'm going to get back to an little bit. like i i was ten when it opened up, that the constitution has a lot of things already made out. here article ten in a north dakota constitution as of the legislative the solution that prohibit from raising revenue or to defray the expense of the state to the levying of a tax of assessed value of real or personal property. it always states on how that is supposed to be taken care of with businesses. we have two individuals who worked the legislative and the not even following the constitution. that is one of the biggest issues we have. it spells out what needs to be done for an individual, which is key to freedom. what no one wants to address is what happens when people can't pay their property tax. they, confiscate all those lands. you go to different counties, for the last couple of years and see him and peo

michael coachman goes first. >> hello. i want to thank everybody.st of all, want to thank my lord and savior jesus christ as my lord and savior of what you think also perry public for making this event happen. as running for governor i like to let let people know what i plan on doing and where i stand. one of the things i want to stand on is the u.s. constitution. also the north dakota constitution. why is that important? because without the constitution we are no better than any other country. 95-98% of the issues that we have an north dakota can be a leaved by just people following the constitution of the u.s. and north dakota. with that, in the bill that will come across my desk i want to make sure that these two books are followed, and if the benefits the people of north dakota. that way you know where our government stands and where you stand as an individual. thank you. >> next will be congressman armstrong. >> thank you, dave for hosting this. they could aarp and republican thank you to all of the people watching at home will give me the priv

a lot of things we talked about today relate to that. >> moderator: michael coachman. coachman:i will support the people, the most vital resource of this state. with that the constitution pays out everything. i will be a governor that will follow the constitution. i will follow legislator. if you are not following the constitution i'm not signing off. for instance article iii, the people reserve the power by initiative, not the senators, not legislators. right now measure one, measure to, measure 3, i want the power to the people. i can tell you right now, i'm not under duress and i'm not compromised. >> aarmstrong: everyone who runs in this position has a unique time in history, a bunch of people risk their capital, risk a lot of things. we've created an opportunity in north dakota, first governor candidate of my logged time who doesn't have to run on jobs jobs jobs jobs jobs jobs. we have to run on workforce and housing at all those things and because good policy and good things promoted by those people in the legislature and people who took the risk to figure out ho

republican representative kelly armstrong, democrat merrill piepkorn, and independent michael coachmanyou are watching c-span. >> [indiscernible] we prepared these questions ourselves and flipped a coin to decide who goes first for moderators. we know which one of us is going to go first. >> it is recommended the live audience holds applause. candidates will be given two minutes for answers, one minute for follow-up answers, rebuttals, or return to a previous topic. please be mindful of the clock. >> i want to stress be mindful of the clock. as talkshow hosts, we know how to be rude and we will shut you off. trust me on that. we will be taking a few television breaks and we begin with the opening statement of three minutes from each of the candidates. >> beginning with republican candidate kelly armstrong. rep. armstrong: i am a little confused. i thought you were leg wrestling in the hallway. thank you all for doing this. thanks for everybody -- [indiscernible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] mr. coachman: i want to thank my lord jesus christ. i want to thank my wife sitting here.

. >> later today, republican congressman kelly armstrong faces off against independent michael coachmannd democrat merrill peppercorn in a debate among candidates to become north dakota's first governor. watch live at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> do you solemnly swear that in the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> weeknight, watch our encore presentation of our 10 part series, congress investigates as we explore major investigations by the house and senate. we will stay historic footage from those pinto -- from those periods. tonight lawmakers from 1973 in 1974 examine events surrounding 1972 break-in at democratic headquarters at the watergate hotel in washington, d.c.. the investigation led to the resignation of president nixon. watch congress investigates tonight at 10:00 eastern on c-span2. >> u.s. house is in recess until after the november election. government funding fires december 20 so lawmakers when he to take up federal funding when they return. congressman don b