(CNN) House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel said Wednesday he plans to investigate whether President Donald Trump's businesses are driving foreign policy decisions, including whether Trump violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution in the process.

Engel told CNN that examining the President's business ties is one of his priorities on the committee, one of numerous House panels now led by Democrats that will probe the President's private businesses and finances.

"I'm concerned about -- we want to make sure that policies are being made based on what's good for the United States and not what might be good for the president personally," Engel said. "I mean, there are a lot of people who look at the Constitution and say that it's being violated right now."

Asked whether he thought the Constitution was being violated, Engel said: "I think we'll find out soon. I think it's a possibility, yeah."

The White House has not immediately responded to a CNN request for comment on Engel's remarks.

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