Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Michael (Mike) Richard PompeoWatchdog confirms State Dept. canceled award for journalist who criticized Trump Trump's push for win with Sudan amps up pressure on Congress Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize MORE on Wednesday dismissed the House’s impeachment investigation as “noise” as multiple current and former State Department officials are slated to testify in the probe in the coming days.

“Look, there’s a lot of noise. There’ll be noise today. There’ll be noise for the rest of this week,” Pompeo said on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. “I’ve told the team to stay focused. There’s all this chatter, but then there’s challenges and opportunities for America around the world.”

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Pompeo hinted that the impeachment investigation could even put America “at risk” by shifting focus away from legislation such as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

“This is where we actually began about what of this noise in Washington, D.C., puts America at risk. It is absolutely the case that if we don’t pass an NDAA, if we don’t pass Defense appropriation bills, we put the world on notice that we’re not serious about confronting these challenges,” Pompeo said.

“And I hope, I hope the House of Representatives will begin to take these measures up. They’ve got just a handful of weeks in session here before the year ends. This needs to get done.”

Pompeo’s remarks come as testimony from several current and former State Department officials is expected to be presented in public in the coming days.

William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, and George Kent, a top State Department official, were on Capitol Hill to testify Wednesday, while former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is expected to testify Friday.

Kurt Volker Kurt VolkerGOP senators request details on Hunter Biden's travel for probe Yovanovitch retires from State Department: reports Live coverage: Senators enter second day of questions in impeachment trial MORE, the former special envoy to Ukraine, is expected to testify next week, as well as several other officials from the White House’s National Security Council.

House Democrats launched their impeachment probe in September over concerns that President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE leveraged $400 million in military aid to Ukraine to pressure Kyiv to publicly launch an inquiry into 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 and 2016 election meddling.

Several witnesses have testified privately that they were uncomfortable with Trump’s request and that they believed there was a quid pro quo surrounding the president’s dealings with Ukraine.