moderator: robert marquette. mr. marquette: well, as far as i know, the -- in the entire process, they had archeologists on site to assure that all the historical sites were preserved. all the petitions were filed and it -- the pipeline should just go through. i believe that it's the safest and most effective way to transport oil. we just need to ensure that we have a thriving and vibrant backen -- balkan to ensure we can supply the oil. moderator: senator hoeven, last response and we'll move on to another topic. sen. hoeven: as i say it can be done safely and understand it's in an existing right of way where you've already got gas pipeline and a transmission line. that's why i make the point about whether you're for fossil fuel or renewable we need this infrastructure. and also dug underneath the river so about 92 feet below the bottom of the river. if there were a leak, it would be like almost 100 feet below the river. and somehow that oil would have to come up to even get into the river and there's monitoring devic

matt: robert marquette. mr. tte: well, as far as i know, in the entire process, they had archaeologists on site to ensure that all the historical sites were preserved. filed.the petitions were the pipeline should just go through. i believe that it is the safest and most effective way to transport oil. we need to ensure that we have a balkan tond vibrant ensure we can supply the oil. matt: last response, senator hoeven. can be done it safely. understand that it is already in an existing right-of-way with a gas line and transmission line. whether you are for fossil fuel or other infrastructure, we need this. it is going to be dug underneath the river. it is 92 feet below the bottom of the river. it is a most 100 feet below the river. somehow, the oil would have to come up to get in the river. there are monitoring devices on it, as well. also, the federal district court judge in washington, and obama appointee, determined that they had done everything they needed ng the pipeline. the route has been changed 100 40 ti

nothing will move with. >> we need to get robert marquette. short on time. >> i'm not a professional establishment politician, side i don't need to lie to people about these things. the congressional budget, the heritage foundation released a report earlier this year based upon congressional budget numbers that showed that social security needed an immediate injection of $50 trillion in order to maintain long-term solvency. we don't have the money. it's just simply not going to happen. cbo numbers also demonstrate that we are projected in 16 years that social security, medicare, medicaid, affordable care act subsidies and interest on the national debt are going to consume 100% of the revenues, tax revenues taken in by the treasury leaving nothing left over for anything else including national defense. we have to recognize that the federal government has destroyed all of these programs. we have to take these programs away from the people who is so severely mismanaged and. we need to turn that money back -- >> we are very short on time. >> we ne

robert marquette, you go first. mr. well, conservative report has given senator hoeven a failing score of seven on a scale of 100 for his big government, tax, borrow and spend voting record in support of corporate welfare. so your choices are these. we have a big government establishment republican that pretends to be conservative when he's not. and a big government establishment democrat that is shameless about it. and then there's me. a true constitutionalist and a fiscal conservative. and i swear to the people of north dakota that i have the courage of conviction to do what it takes to make the changes that will end the destructive economic, monetary, and foreign policies and wall street's corrupting influence on government and restore the wealth, power, and control of our lives back to the people. so help me god. moderator: senator hoeven. sen. hoeven: robert, you said some things i have to respond to. i've been all over the state talking to north dakotans and i think i know what they want. so when you come out and

. ♪ my guests today are the craft eliot, libertarian robert marquette, and republican senator openingtatements senator hoven will go first. >> senator? >> things to you and prairie public for hosting this debate. i believe in north dakota i believe in the people of north dakota and i believe that the will of the government is to empower people. that means focusing on the fundamentals. the things that will help our economy grow and job creation. that means reducing the regulatory burden and making sure that we reform the tax code so that its programs and simpler and more fair. that means balancing the budget so we don't believe a death to our children and grandchildren and it also means supporting law enforcement and our military so that americans feel safer here at home and abroad. these are the things that will make the state and nation stronger. >> moderator: one minute opening statement. >> in 1997, glenn fox suffered a tremendous flood of 800 homes were badly damaged. almost the entire city had to be evacuated. at that time i was on the city council, and we were charged with getti

this includes the incumbent republican, democrat and libertarian robert marquette. prairie public tv hosted this half hour debate. >> welcome to the prairie public coverage of election 2016. this is the debate for one of the u.s. senate seat. ♪ my guests today are the craft eliot, libertarian robert marquette, and republican senator opening statements senator hoven will go first. >> senator? >> things to you and prairie public for hosting this debate. i believe in north dakota i believe in the people of north dakota and i believe that the will of the government is to empower people. that means focusing on the fundamentals. the things that will help our economy grow and

moderator: my guests today are democrat eliot glassheim, libertarian robert marquette, and republican senator john hoeven. opening statements, senator hoeven will go first. one-minute opening statement. senator? sen. hoeven: thank you and prabe i public for hosting this debate. i believe in north dakota. i believe in the people of north dakota. and i believe that the role of government is to empower people. that means focusing on the fundamentals. the things that will help our economy grow and help job creation. that means reducing the regulatory burden. that means making sure that we reform the tax code so that it's pro growth and simper and more fair. and that means balancing our budget so we don't leave a big debt to our children and grandchildren. it also means supporting law enforcement and our military so that americans feel safer here at home and abroad. these are the things that will make our state and our nation stronger. moderator: eliot glassheim, one minute opening statement. rep. glassheim: thanks for having us, matt. a 1997, grand forks suffered tremendous flood, 800 hom