A Democratic congressman is defending Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes as calls mount for the White House aide to testify over accusations he misled the press over the Iran deal.

“Over the past seven years, I have worked with Ben Rhodes, and have found him strategic, smart and above-all, a consummate professional deeply committed to our national security and to public service,” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement released Friday. “During last year’s debate over the Iran nuclear deal, I had countless meetings with Ben to discuss the emerging agreement, outstanding issues, as well as risks and advantages from the deal. In all of those conversations, I found him candid, insightful, honest and accurate in his assessments. And while Ben was clearly a strong advocate of the agreement, he never tried to sugar-coat or spin its provisions.”