House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained after becoming "disoriented" from mixing Ambien and alcohol before a flight earlier this month, calling his actions "a poor decision.

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.C. earlier this month. McCaul said he became “disoriented” at Dulles International Airport after he took medication and drank alcohol before his scheduled flight back home to Texas.

The Texas Republican said he takes "full responsibility" following his "mistake," which "was the result of a poor decision"