Updated: 7:16 AM EST Jan 22, 2021 According to NBC News, US Capitol police are investigating a report that Maryland Republican Congressman Andy Harris tried to bring a gun onto the House floor Thursday.NBC News reports that security stopped Harris, who was then immediately turned around.A Capitol official told NBC News that a security official saw a gun on Representative Harris and told his superiors. That capitol official said Harris did not enter the House floor with the gun.A representative for Congressman Harris issued a statement, saying, “As a matter of public record, he has a Maryland handgun permit and the congressman always complies with the house metal detectors and wanding. The congressman has never carried a firearm on the House floor.