New Jersey Democrat Bill Pascrell said after a closed-door meeting among Democratic lawmakers this morning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unusual steps to keep the discussion secret were taken “because it’s family stuff.”

“Your know, you’ve got your own family, you want to discuss things, you want to throw people out that don’t belong there,” he said. “Nothing serious.”

Staffers weren’t allowed in the meeting and members weren’t able to bring their cell phones into the room, a break from the normally relaxed atmosphere.

Pascrell said Adam Schiff briefed members on the intelligence panel’s impeachment report, which was released yesterday. He said he didn’t hear any discomfort among his colleagues about the pace of the impeachment inquiry, nor the scope of potential articles of impeachment.

“We’re going at a great pace. I never thought we’d be this far at this time,” he told reporters. “We’ve done this methodically. I think Adam’s made the right decisions on this, and when you go through things methodically, it’s always slow. Maybe even too slow.”

Asked about next steps, Pascrell predicted: “Well, we’re going to vote to impeach, I would think. If the evidence is there, we will vote.”

“There is no anxiety on this thing, I can tell you that right now,” he added. "We’re not happy we’re at this point or doing this. It’s got to be done, though. That's our oath of office, and we will do it.”

Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee said confidentiality at the meeting was taken so seriously because “we’re at a really critical moment.”

“Obviously the beginning of the Judiciary hearings, the release of the report from the intelligence committee, the fact that the facts stack up so tall against the President and his behavior,” he said, "and we’re going to be very thoughtful about how we move forward.”

He said the meeting was “an opportunity to have a pretty candid conversation. It seems like there’s a lot of unity among the caucus on this point.”

Kildee told reporters he believes there is agreement within the caucus that enough evidence exists at this point to make a decision on impeachment.

"I think it would be a mistake to fall into the trap that the President is trying to set that we should somehow wait and wait for every count in the nation to determine whether or not his obstruction is legitimate,” said Kildee.