[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



     GOVERNOR JESSE VENTURA SHOULD BE HONORED WITH NATIONAL DAY OF 
                              RECOGNITION

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Madam Speaker, I am here today to propose a national 
holiday in honor of the Governor in Minnesota, Jesse Ventura.
  After all, he confounded the pundits, the pollsters, and the 
prognosticators by winning the highest office in the State at a time 
when most voters thought of him as ``Jesse the Body.''
  He continues to confound everyone. Not too much notice was made when 
he indicated he would like to be re-incarnated as a large bra, but 
eyebrows did raise when he referred to members of the Armed Forces as 
Frankenstein monsters that cannot be controlled.
  Then, of course, he outdid Oliver Stone by suggesting that President 
John Kennedy was killed by our own military-industrial complex in order 
to stimulate business.
  Who can forget his plunge into theology? ``Organized religion is a 
sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in 
numbers,'' the Governor said.

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  So today I am proposing we name a day after Jesse Ventura, and the 
day I have chosen is April 1. That is right, April Fool's Day, because 
I can think of no one that so embodies the spirit of that day as the 
Governor of Minnesota.

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