House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul was “briefly detained” by law enforcement officers who thought he was drunk after he mixed Ambien and alcohol before a flight. The Texas Republican said he took the sleep medication with an alcoholic beverage before a flight to Texas,

Michael McCaul, a Republican representing Austin, Texas, was briefly detained at the Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C. earlier this month and charged with being drunk in public, Semafor reported.

Texas, the Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was briefly detained by police at a Washington-area airport after mixing Ambien and alcohol.