Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffOvernight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Democrats, advocates seethe over Florida voting rights ruling MORE (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday that former acting Attorney General Sally Yates could testify before the panel within "weeks."

“We're in consultation with the counsel for Sally Yates, Directors Clapper and Brennan — we're trying to see if we can get that on calendar in the couple weeks following this recess, and I'm confident that we will,” Schiff said on MSNBC's “Rachel Maddow Show," referring to James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, and John Brennan, the former CIA director, respectively.

Schiff referred to next week's upcoming recess when House lawmakers are set to return to their home districts to get face time with constituents. They will resume work in Washington on May 16, according to the House calendar.

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FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency head Adm. Michael Rogers briefed the House Intelligence Committee in a closed-door session earlier Thursday. The panel is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

While details of Thursday's session are classified, Schiff signaled the investigation is advancing under the leadership of Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), who took over the probe amid a deteriorating relationship between Schiff and committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).

“I think today it went very well. And we are making progress,” he said.

“Mike Conaway and I have worked together in the last several weeks that we've been tasked with doing this jointly in a very nonpartisan, very matter-of-fact way. We're back to scheduling our witnesses. We're back to getting our hearing on track,” Schiff told MSNBC.

Conaway replaced Nunes, who recused himself from the investigation in March shortly before the House Ethics Committee announced its own investigation into Nunes over possible "unauthorized disclosures of classified information."

Much of the acrimony on the House panel stemmed from an appearance by Yates that was scheduled in March but canceled at the last minute by Nunes. Reports have indicated Yates was likely to offer testimony contradicting that of Trump administration officials.