One of the country’s most contentious debates made its way up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday: What’s the pizza capital of the U.S.?
The answer depends on who you ask.
Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) stirred up the conversation when she held an event on the House steps to declare New Haven, Conn., the best spot for a slice. The Congresswoman handed out boxes of the famed Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria, a pride and joy of New Haven since 1925, before delivering remarks on the House floor crowning Connecticut “The Pizza State” and New Haven “the pizza capital of America.”
“There’s something special about New Haven apizza,” she said on the House floor, using the native pronunciation for the city’s slice. “Some say it is the coal-fire; some say the brick ovens; some say it is the char; some say it is the water used to make the dough. Personally, I believe it is generation after generation of dedication to the craft.”
“You can’t put into words what you can only taste, and anybody who thinks that any other pizza's as good as New Haven pizza hasn’t had a New Haven pizza,” Rep. Jim Himes (D), another Nutmeg State representative, told The Hill. “Connecticut is the Tom Brady of pizzas.”
Not so fast, others chimed in.
Lawmakers representing New York, the Chicago area and districts near........