Sen. Roy Blunt Roy Dean BluntSocial media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day Senate GOP faces pivotal moment on pick for Supreme Court This week: Supreme Court fight over Ginsburg's seat upends Congress's agenda MORE (R-Mo.) said Sunday that he would advise members of the House to focus on legislation instead of investigations, and cautioned against the consequences of launching impeachment proceedings.

Blunt, who as a congressman voted to impeach then-President Clinton, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he did not regret his vote as much as he suspects Clinton regrets lying to a grand jury.

"I think all of us looking back at that would not want to rush to anything that has all of the ramifications that impeachment has," he continued.

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"If I was giving advice to my friends in the House … my advice would be legislate, don’t investigate if you want to be rewarded with the continued opportunity to be in control of the House of Representatives," he added.

WATCH: Chuck asks Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) if he regrets voting for all four articles of impeachment against Pres. Clinton in 1998.@chucktodd: “Do you regret those votes?”@RoyBlunt: “Not as much as I’m sure he regrets lying to the grand jury.” pic.twitter.com/RljZJeOZQ1 — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) December 16, 2018

Blunt's suggestion echoes that of a number of Republicans who have attempted to argue that Democrats should not use their newly won majority in the House to conduct investigations.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last week urged incoming Democratic lawmakers to embrace bipartisanship over a "partisan food fight" and investigations.

Top Democrats have in recent months pledged to investigate and conduct oversight on 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 finances, his administration's policies, his ties to foreign governments and Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpSpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report Trump, Biden vie for Minnesota Trump luxury properties have charged US government .1M since inauguration: report MORE's use of private email, among other subjects.

Democrats have argued that Republicans have largely been absent in conducting oversight of the Trump administration over the past two years, despite holding numerous hearings during the Obama administration.