Well done, Congressmen Peter King and Bob Turner.

(The Hill) — Two members of the House Committee on Homeland Security sharply rebuked a call to investigate the New York Police Department over a report that it’s spying on Muslim Americans, calling the allegations “embarrassingly uninformed and shamefully misleading.”

On Thursday, Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) and Mike Honda (D-Calif.) sent a joint letter to the attorney general saying they were “deeply troubled” by reports that the NYPD has been collecting information on members of the Muslim community in New York.

The lawmakers requested that the Department of Justice investigate what they call “civil rights” violations, and that the House Judiciary Committee hold a hearing on the matter.

“The NYPD has engaged in conduct that has singled out Muslims for police contact — stops and investigations — based upon their race, ethnicity or national origin,” the letter read in part. “This surveillance allegedly included targeting mosques, student groups, restaurants and even motorists in both NYC and outside the NYPD’s jurisdiction.”

Reps. Pete King (R-N.Y.) and Bob Turner (R-N.Y.) shot back with a letter of their own on Thursday, saying they wanted to “clear away the cloud of ignorance, political correctness, misinformation and false allegations against the NYPD.”

“A recent ‘Dear Colleague’ from three members of Congress attacking the NYPD was embarrassingly uninformed and shamefully misleading,” the letter stated. “The reality is that the NYPD is the leading police department in the country with the largest and most effective counterterrorism force, dedicating 1,000 officers to protecting New York from terrorist attacks.”