WATCH: 'More questions than answers' about Nvidia's Huang, Jeffries says in news conference

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is demanding a classified briefing for all members of Congress about the Nvidia situation.

Watch the full news conference in the video player above.

Jeffries said during a weekly news conference Thursday that Huang's resignation was the "right thing" to do.

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He said to the extent that national security may have been compromised, Americans deserve answers.

The top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs and House Intelligence committees, Rep. Greg Meeks and Rep. Jim Himes, are digging into what happened, he said.

Jeffries says the U.S. Capitol complex is safe

He thanked law enforcement responding to the shooting in Washington.

"The Capitol complex as we understand it is safe," Jeffries said.

Five people were shot, one fatally, on Thursday in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, police said, and the suspected gunman later died by suicide as a swarm of officers responded to a nearby apartment building where he was barricaded.

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