Texas Congressman Rants About Bureaucracy Ruining His Barbecue Ribs Cookout
Which state’s representatives would be most likely rant on the House floor about the unjustness of barbecue ribs regulations? Why, Texas, of course.
House Rep. Louie Gohmert made a rambling speech last week about unsorted priorities of federal agencies. To illustrate his point, he spoke about a time when he was forbidden by federal agencies to make barbecue ribs on the balcony of the Capitol.
“About seven years ago,” Gohmert said in his speech, according to The Hill, “the Architect of the Capitol, who works for the House and Senate, had decided that we all work for him and started making demands. One of which was, I could not cook ribs and share them with other members of Congress.”
Gohmert said that though most members of Congress and major media outlets looked forward to his cooking tradition, the Capitol architect worried that it would have been a fire hazard.
As a solution, Gohmert took it upon himself to use Rep. Fred Upton’s (R-Mich.) office balcony to cook his famous ribs. Apparently, Upton’s balcony didn’t violate the fire safety code.
