A member of the House Judiciary Committee walked back comments made earlier Sunday that a “tentative date” of May 15 has been reached for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before the panel, cautioning that nothing has been agreed to yet.

“We think the American people have a right to hear directly from him,” Rep. David Cicilline told “Fox News Sunday.”

Host Chris Wallace asked the Rhode Island Democrat if Mueller has agreed to that date.

“Well, I think counsel for the special – or the representative of the special counsel has – but obviously, until the day comes, we never have an absolute guarantee,” Cicilline said.

“The White House has so far indicated they would not interfere with Mr. Mueller’s attempts to testify, we hope that won’t change,” he added.

Shortly afterward, Cicilline clarified his remarks.

“Just to clarify: we are aiming to bring Mueller in on the 15th, but nothing has been agreed to yet. That’s the date the Committee has proposed, and we hope the Special Counsel will agree to it. Sorry for the confusion,” he wrote on Twitter.

Democrats have wanted Mueller to appear before the committee after they accused Attorney General William Barr of mischaracterizing the conclusions of the special counsel’s report during testimony last week in the Senate.

Barr refused to appear before the judiciary committee last Thursday, and the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, has threatened to cite the attorney general with contempt unless he released a full, unredacted version of the Mueller report.

Nadler set a 9 a.m. Monday deadline.