Lawmaker questioned after pulling fire alarm in House building to delay vote: report

A lawmaker was reportedly caught on camera pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday as a means to delay a continuing resolution vote for funding the U.S.

Olivia Beavers, Politico Congress reporter, quoted multiple sources on the issue of who pulled the fire alarm.

"Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was caught on camera pulling the Cannon fire alarm ahead of this motion to adjourn vote as Dems tried to delay the CR vote, multiple sources tell me," she said on Saturday. "We have reached out to him for comment - we haven't viewed footage ourselves."

Beavers then added, "There was an alert to Capitol police officers to locate him, I'm told."

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The news was also reported by Chad Pergram, the Senior Congressional Correspondent for Fox News.

"Dem NY Rep Jamaal Bowman pulled fire alarm in Cannon Building, forcing evacuation as Dems tried to buy more time to read new CR. USCP criminal investigation unit is questioning Bowman," he wrote in a post on social media.