[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 177 (Wednesday, November 1, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H8308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NEEDVILLE HARVEST FESTIVAL

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, there is a great town back home in Texas 22, 
which some people think has a strange name. It is called Needville, 
Texas.
  The folks in Needville need nothing except open ground and clear 
skies with millions of bright stars visible at night. On the third 
weekend in October for the last 34 years, the whole town turns out for 
the Needville Harvest Festival.
  The Harvest Fest is all Texas. There is a talent show with twirlers 
and clog dancers; barbecue cook-offs; contests for the best fajitas, 
the best pork loins, the best chicken, and the best pork ribs; and they 
give away a 4-by-4 Gator. City slickers think that is some sort of 
lizard. It is a big farm tool, a farm tractor.
  The best part is all the money they raise goes to their city to 
improve their 60-acre Harvest Park and the Needville schools.
  I will close with a message from Mayor Ernie Stuart, Harvest Festival 
President Chris Janicek, and my guest for President Trump's speech this 
upcoming February, Katie Vacek. They all say, ``Go Astros. Beat L.A.''

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