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Kelly Armstrong: “It's expensive to bring everybody back, so it has to be a…”

Featuring: Kelly Armstrong, Republican | Governor of North Dakota

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Governor Armstrong recaps 2025 Legislative Session

Published | Video Starts at 01:11

If I think it's necessary, I can always call them back in. But I mean, we go bienniums where we have them, we go bienniums where we don't have them. It's expensive to bring everybody back, so it has to be a necessary reason. But I mean the whole thing about a special session is you don't know you need it until you need it. What other bills kind of stand out to you and why? (01:11–01:15)

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Asserts that convening a special session is costly and should only occur for necessary reasons.

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