House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) is defending his decision to publicly call on President Joe Biden to declassify information related to a “serious national security threat.”

Turner’s Thursday comments mark his second statement in two days on the alleged “threat” after facing private pushback for what colleagues describe as going public with a classified matter. On Wednesday, Turner called on Biden to “declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond.”