WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Embattled New York GOP Rep. Tom Reynolds told CNN Thursday he does not regret his handling of former Rep. Mark Foley's questionable emails to a House page.

The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee said he took the appropriate action when he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert last spring about a page's concern over an e-mail communication with Foley, and noted he immediately pressed for Foley's resignation when he learned of the more sexually explicit instant messages in September.

"At that point, we moved forward, very quickly, to ask and get Mark Foley's resignation from Congress," Reynolds said on 'The Situation Room.'

Reynolds had a lock on reelection before the Foley scandal unfolded and his role in the House leadership's botched handling of the matter came under fire. The NRCC chair is now is locked in a tight reelection battle with his Democratic challenger Jack Davis.