House Names Panel to Study Fire Safety in Congress Buildings
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
The House on Tuesday created a four-member committee to investigate a fire last week in the congressional office of Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tex.) and to study fire safety in the Capitol and three House office buildings.
The committee was proposed by Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), a former volunteer firefighter who attempted unsuccessfully to extinguish the fire last Thursday in the Longworth House Office Building. No one was injured in the fire, which was put out by the District of Columbia Fire Department.
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