NY Democrat Sets Off Fire Alarm During Shutdown Talks
- McCarthy says he’ll seek ethics probe into incident Saturday
- Jamaal Bowman says he didn’t realize he would trigger alarm
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A fire alarm went off in a Capitol Hill building Saturday, adding to the tension as US lawmakers worked to hash out a last-minute deal to avoid a government shutdown.
Representative Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, is accused of pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building, where some members of Congress have their offices. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he would seek an ethics investigation into the incident, which Bowman said was a “mistake.”