Monroe, North Carolina (CNN) Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina called the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump "a waste of resources" on Wednesday morning when asked if he had concerns about Trump's public call for foreign governments to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

"I'm going to leave it to the President to make that decision," Tillis told CNN on Wednesday morning. His comments followed a town hall meeting with farmers alongside Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in Monroe, North Carolina.

"I've seen the transcript, I've seen the complaint, and if that alone is all they're using to drive all the resources in the House, then I think it's a waste of resources," Tillis said. "We need to focus on the things that we can do for the American worker and the American economy, while we're shifting resources away for what I don't believe rise to the level of any kind of impeachment inquiry or impeachment."

Tillis also cited how the full House of Representatives did not vote to open an impeachment inquiry as Republicans have called for and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has thus far said she is not planning to do.

"The impeachment inquiry now, apparently, didn't raise to a level that the speaker thought that it should have a vote on the floor to move forward," Tillis said.

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