The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee may hold a hearing on the Justice Department’s surveillance of a New York Times reporter as part of a leak investigation, a senior member of the panel said Friday.

Rep. Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanHouse panel pulls Powell into partisan battles over pandemic Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election House passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus MORE (R-Ohio) said he was “very nervous” to learn about the extent of the Department of Justice’s decision to collect and scrutinize years’ worth of the reporter’s email and phone records.

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“When it comes to protecting our First Amendment liberties, our Fourth Amendment rights, the right to a free press, the right to free speech, the right to practice your faith the way you want to, the Second Amendment rights that we enjoy, the right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment, I am as as strong as they get on these issues,” Jordan, a former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said during an appearance on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” that’s set to air Friday night.

“So I am very nervous about the government doing what you just described,” he added. “Just like I was nervous and upset about the government, particularly the IRS, when they targeted people for their political beliefs, just like I’m fired up about what the FBI did in the Trump-Russia investigation.”

Jordan, who chairs an Oversight panel subcommittee, authored a press-shield bill with liberal Rep. Jamie Raskin Jamin (Jamie) Ben RaskinOn The Money: House panel pulls Powell into partisan battles | New York considers hiking taxes on the rich | Treasury: Trump's payroll tax deferral won't hurt Social Security House panel pulls Powell into partisan battles over pandemic Shakespeare Theatre Company goes virtual for 'Will on the Hill...or Won't They?' MORE (D-Md.), a constitutional law professor. The Free Flow of Information Act would protect journalists from being forced by the government to reveal confidential sources.

The bipartisan bill was introduced last fall after Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE vowed to pursue an aggressive prosecutorial approach to journalists, including throwing them in jail for publishing classified leaks.

On Thursday night, The New York Times reported that the Justice Department had seized years’ worth of phone and email records from one of the newspaper’s reporters, Ali Watkins, going back to her college years, as part of its probe into who had leaked sensitive information to her.

Federal law enforcement officials on Thursday arrested a former longtime Senate Intelligence Committee staffer, James Wolfe, and charged him with making false statements to the FBI about giving journalists non-public information related to his panel’s work.

In February, FBI agents approached Watkins about her previous three-year romantic relationship with Wolfe, the Times said.

Watkins has denied using Wolfe as a source.

“We should be concerned about protecting our Constitution, protecting our fundamental liberties, our fundamental rights that we enjoy under the bill of rights and that great document, the United States Constitution,” Jordan said.

Rep. Trey Gowdy Harold (Trey) Watson GowdySunday shows preview: Election integrity dominates as Nov. 3 nears Tim Scott invokes Breonna Taylor, George Floyd in Trump convention speech Sunday shows preview: Republicans gear up for national convention, USPS debate continues in Washington MORE (R-S.C.), chairman of the full Oversight and Government Reform Committee, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But another member of his panel, Rep. Dennis Ross Dennis Alan RossRep. Ross Spano loses Florida GOP primary amid campaign finance scrutiny Israelis and Palestinians must realize that each needs to give, not just take Court opens door to annexing the West Bank — and the consequences could be disastrous MORE (R-Fla.), said he would support hearings looking into the matter.

“As a lawyer, in any investigation there’s got to be a scope of reason,” Ross told The Hill.

In the C-SPAN interview, Jordan also discussed the state of immigration negotiations and said he was “nervous” about President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE’s tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. Jordan also said he has been encouraged by support he’s received to run for Speaker of the House following the announced retirement of Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) but has made no decision yet.

The interview airs Friday at 10 p.m. on C-SPAN and again on Sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.