House Minority Whip Steve Scalise Stephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseGinsburg becomes the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol House GOP slated to unveil agenda ahead of election House panel details 'serious' concerns around Florida, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin elections MORE (R-La.) defended President Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he is "glad" the president is looking into Russian interference.

“There’s still a lot of information about how the Russians interfered in our election when Barrack Obama was president, and I’m glad President Trump continues to look into that interference so it doesn't happen again,” Scalise said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Scalise repeated Trump's unproven allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE, but wouldn’t directly address whether he felt Trump acted appropriately based on the transcript of a call between Trump and Zelensky. ADVERTISEMENT

“Do you think it was appropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader for help investigating his chief political rival in 2020?” NBC’s Chuck Todd Charles (Chuck) David ToddMurkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Republican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' Sunday shows - Trump team defends coronavirus response MORE asked Scalise Sunday on “Meet the Press.”

“Again, go look at what he talked about in that call conversation,” Scalise responded. “He was talking about the 2016 interference that happened in our election.”

“Congressman you know the truth behind that, why are you putting it out there,” Todd asked.

WATCH: When asked if he thinks it was "appropriate" for Trump to ask a foreign leader to investigate Biden, Rep. Scalise responds with unfounded allegations implying corruption #IfItsSunday@chucktodd: "Congressman you know the truth behind that." pic.twitter.com/Jxo4YACUr0 — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 29, 2019

Todd pressed Scalise on whether he felt Trump acted appropriately in asking a foreign leader to investigate a political rival, and accused Scalise of avoiding the question.

“Don’t try to infer anything,” Scalise said, again without directly answering the question.

“You seem uncomfortable defending the president's actions,” Todd said.

“You’ve made a lot of statements and accusations president trump was looking into the 2016 collusion interference that Russia had when Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaDemocrats ramp up pressure on Lieberman to drop out of Georgia Senate race The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden on Trump: 'He'll leave' l GOP laywers brush off Trump's election remarks l Obama's endorsements Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE was president we all know that has happened under Barack Obama's watch,” Scalise responded.

The Ukraine call and whistleblower complaint alleging the White House tried to hide the transcript on a highly classified server are part of the House’s impeachment inquiry into Trump.

Almost all Democrats have come out in support of the impeachment inquiry, but most Republicans have been reluctant, with many defending the president’s actions.