WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. (1st CD), issued the following news release:

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's Varney & Co. to discuss the House's impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. Leader Scalise called on the Senate to actually address the open southern border, as House Republicans have done with H.R. 2, and take the impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas seriously.

On the handling of classified information regarding national security threats:

"I did see this classified briefing yesterday, and it's alarming. But I agree with [Speaker Johnson's] comments: There's no reason for the American people to be concerned, but I do think that it would be helpful if ...