[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7201-H7202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              KITCHENGATE?

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, we never know what we are going to learn 
next about the White House when we pick up the morning newspaper. 
Earlier this week we learned in the Washington Times that a former 
assistant White House chef had filed a complaint with the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission alleging discrimination. It seems 
that the former head chef received a secret $37,000 payment and a good 
recommendation in return for keeping details of the firing quiet.
  According to the former chef, he was fired because, and I quote, ``He 
was fat and spoke with a French accent.''

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  We do not know exactly what was going on in the White House kitchen, 
but we do know that personnel problems at 16030 Pennsylvania Avenue are 
nothing new. We all remember the saga of Billy Dale, the civil servant 
whose life was thrown in turmoil and whose savings were drained when 
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton sought to staff the White House travel office with 
their own cronies.
  Let us see. We have suffered through Travelgate, Whitewatergate, 
Pillowgate, Buddhist Templegate, Filegate, and now, Kitchengate. Lord 
help us.

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