Jamaal Bowman
Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York.
  • Republicans on Saturday said Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in a House office building.
  • "Rep Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning," Rep. Bryan Steil wrote on X.
  • The US Capitol Police confirmed on Saturday that an investigation of the incident was underway.

House Republicans on Saturday said that Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in a congressional office building as Democrats sought to delay a vote on a GOP-authored stopgap spending bill.

Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, took to X, formerly Twitter, in making the announcement about the two-term New York Democrat.

"Rep Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning. An investigation into why it was pulled is underway," he wrote.