Who?

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) — Majority Leader, US House of Representatives

LISTEN: Laslo & Scalise

ICYMI — “whole conversation changed” from SCIF brief

Ask a Pol asks:

Rep. Eric Burlison says you had a classified UAP briefing recently — was it eye-opening?

Key Scalise:

“We had a classified briefing that some of us went to,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “Obviously, you can’t talk about what was discussed at the briefing.”

Was it eye-opening?

“Well, you know, whenever you go to a briefing like that, there’s some things you see that are eye-opening,” Scalise says. “And that’s about as far as I’ll go.”

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Was the information you learned in the classified SCIF briefing unsettling?

“Well, no,” Scalise tells us. “I’m just going to leave it at that.”

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Steve Scalise (4-28-2026)

SCENE: As some tourists click pictures, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and his security detail are walking through the historic Old House Chamber on their way to the Leader’s office when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches the No. 2 House Republican for a rare exclusive on the recent classified UAP briefing he attended.

Rep. Steve Scalise: “Hey!”

Matt Laslo: “Hey, how are you, sir?”

Scalise: “Good.”

Laslo: “Hey, what’s this we hear from Congressman Burlison that you were in a UFO / UAP briefing — that you had asked to be in?”

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Who?

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, UAP Caucus; Member, Oversight Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett

Ask a Pol asks:

Any update on the missing scientists?

Key Burchett:

“I had word last night that maybe the FBI’s gonna start looking into it,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “Hoping that’s the case.”

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“I just want the president to release it,” Burchett tells us. “I get worried when they start talking about websites and stuff.”

What would you ask Congress?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-29-2026)

SCENE: After spending a few minutes answers questions from TV networks, Rep. Tim Burchett’s making his way up the steps of the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches him for a quick update.

Matt Laslo: “Mr. Burchett.”

Rep. Tim Burchett: “Yeah.”

Laslo: “We got any update on these missing scientists?”

Burchett bends down to pick something up.

Burchett: “Do what?”

Laslo: “You got any update on these missing scientists?”

Burchett: “No. I had word last night that maybe the FBI is going to start looking into it.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “Hoping that’s the case.”

Laslo: “Do you know — have you guys heard what they’re going to do with aliens.gov?”

Burchett: “No. No. I just want the President to release it. I get worried when they start talking about websites and stuff.”

Laslo: “So still no word?”

Burchett shakes head no.

Laslo: “Thank you.”

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Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) — Chair, Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care & Financial Services (119th Congress)*

*Chaired David Grusch’s 2023 hearing from his then-perch as Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border & Foreign Affairs (118th Congress)

LISTEN: Laslo & Grothman

Ask a Pol asks:

Are you and other GOP leaders* having any conversations about these 11 “missing” scientists?

Key Grothman:

“Oh, that’s a good question to ask. I talked to Mr. [Oversight Committee Chair James] Comer about it, and we’re going to do things,” Rep. Glenn Grothman exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “He’s very, very conscious of it, so that’s something we gotta do.”

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Will the hearing be the full Oversight Committee or the Secrets Task Force?

“I think bigger than them,” Grothman said.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Glenn Grothman (4-22-2026)

SCENE: Rep. Glenn Grothman, a member of the House Oversight Committee, is moving through the Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo asks him about the 11 missing scientists — and whether Congress is ready to investigate.

Matt Laslo: “Have you had any conversations about these missing scientists?”

Rep. Glenn Grothman: “Oh, that’s a good question to ask…”

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Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Burlison

Ask a Pol asks:

Any update on the Secrets Task Force's effort to publicly release these 40+ classified videos?

Key Burlison:

“I have heard from people within the intelligence community that they are collecting these. They’re gathering the videos for a presentation to us,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “That means they’re taking it seriously.”

But possibly not publicly released?

“Right,” Burlison says.

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Caught our ear, per “missing” scientists:

Do you think the focus needs to go to these “missing” scientists? It’s getting a lot of attention.

“To me, there’s enough bandwidth to focus on both,” Burlison tells us. “The missing scientists, I think there’s clearly an overlap, there’s a connection. But in and of itself it’s worth the investigation even if it has nothing to do with UAP.”

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Burlison’s staying skeptical:

“I’m totally dubious. I don’t trust this town at all,” Burlison says. “But it still doesn’t mean you don’t try.”

Let us know what to ask Congress next!

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (4-22-2026)

SCENE: As UAP Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison was heading to vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo got this update from the rushed Congressman.

Matt Laslo: “These videos — are they going to be declassified?”

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Secrets Task Force; Co-chair, UAP Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Luna

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of Vice President JD Vance saying that the extraterrestrial might be demons?

Key Luna:

“That’s JD’s opinion,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “If you’re looking at it through a religious perspective, that’s pretty in line.”

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“I don’t think they call them extraterrestrial per se,” Luna tells us. “People say inter-dimensional, whatever it might be.”

What should we ask next?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (April 2026)

SCENE: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and an aide are walking from the US Capitol to her office across the street when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with them for this quick interview.

Matt Laslo: “What do you make of JD Vance saying that the extraterrestrial might be demons?”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: “That’s JD’s opinion. I’ve been pretty straightforward on my perspective based on the stuff that we’ve seen and these things. I don’t think they call them extraterrestrial per se; people say inter-dimensional, whatever it might be, but I think if you’re looking at it through a religious perspective, that that’s pretty in line.”

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Who?

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, House Oversight Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Comer

Ask a Pol asks:

Are you thinking about holding hearings into these 11 or so “missing” scientists?

Key Comer:

“Well, we want to get the information first and go from there,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I don’t want to create a big spectacle if there’s nothing there, but no one’s investigated this.”

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“I’m not sure I believe that.”

“I’m not convinced some of these agencies, you know, they said they’ve been investigating, I’m not sure I believe that,” Comer says. “If the FBI just was made aware of it in the last seven days, I don’t think the Department of Energy’s been investigating anything or NASA. And they don’t even have personnel to do that.”

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“I was just talking to a senior member of Intel and they were like — I was like, ‘hey, do you know this missing General,’” Laslo tells Comer. “And they were like, ‘I’m going through a list of everyone I know [in field] and calling them to make sure they’re okay.’ That’s pretty ominous.”

“I know. I know,” Comer says. “And the fact that nobody in these agencies knew about it, had put it together.”

What should we ask your lawmaker next?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer (4-23-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer just before he bypasses a 2nd floor security checkpoint at the US Capitol.

Matt Laslo: “Are you thinking about holding hearings into the missing scientists, the 11?”

James Comer: “Well, we want to get the information first and go from there.”

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Who?

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett

Ask a Pol asks:

What was this week’s SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility — briefing on?

Key Burchett:

“It’s in SCIF, dude, I can’t tell you,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

Was it on UAP?

“Oh, yeah,” Burchett says. “I was in one last week and it was…pretty intense, and I’m hoping they’ll get some more to some more members...”

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Caught our ear:

”Trump doesn’t know the questions to ask,” Burchett tells us.

What should we ask Congress next?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-22-2026)

Rep. Tim Burchett: “I’ve been in a couple SCIF meetings here — I was in one today as a matter of fact.”

Matt Laslo: “What was that on?”

Burchett: “It’s in SCIF, dude, I can’t tell you.”

Laslo: “Was that on UAP?”

Burchett: “Oh, yeah…”

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Burchett: “…I was in one last week and it was…”

Burchett and Laslo pass large security barriers on the Capitol grounds.

Burchett: “Ahhh, last week, it was pretty intense and I’m hoping they’ll get some more to some more members...”

Laslo: “Well that’s interesting, you guys haven’t had…but like, you guys were rebuffed from the SCIF like two years ago and then last year you couldn’t get in there. Has that changed?”

Burchett: “A little bit. Yeah, but…”

Laslo: “Today was it AARO?”

Burchett: “There was some of those guys in there. Look, I just think…”

Laslo: “Have they changed their tune at all?”

Burchett: “A little. They’re more receptive, but I just don’t — I think they’re, they’re limited on — they send the people in there that are limited on what they know.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “And that’s why they do it. That way they don’t have to lie to us.”

Laslo: “That feels on purpose?”

Burchett: “Oh, absolutely. 100%. 100%.”

Laslo: “Do you — does it seem from those briefers like they understand it’s a new day in Washington?”

Burchett: “Do what?”

Laslo: “Does it feel like a new day in Washington with Trump?”

Burchett: “Uh, yeah, but you know, Trump doesn’t know the questions to ask, and I think the intelligence people around him are going to try to buffalo him and lead him in a different direction.”

Laslo: “Yeah? And especially the underlings who you guys are dealing with?”

Burchett: “Absolutely. 100%.”

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Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)

LISTEN: Laslo & Kim

Ask a Pol asks:

Curious if your delegation has ever gotten an answer on the “drone” incursions over New Jersey?

Key Kim:

“I personally have not gotten any satisfying response, because I feel like I keep hearing different things,” Sen. Andy Kim exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

“I hear from, you know, FAA side, there’s nothing to see — that it was just a lot of public hysteria. But then like, I don’t know, I saw a videotape of this one company talking about how they were doing some drone testing and they were responsible for some of it. And I’m just like, ‘What is this,’ you know?”

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“I’m certainly personally intrigued by this,” Kim tells us. “But I don’t really know what to make of it in terms of what access they’ll actually provide and whatnot.”

What should we ask Congress next?

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Andy Kim (4-16-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Sen. Andy Kim in the basement of the US Capitol after he exits an underground Senate tram on his way to vote.

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Matt Laslo: “Have you see Trump’s promising to release these “UFO files” or whatever?”

Kim shakes head no.

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Laslo: ”I’m curious if you guys have ever gotten an answer on the drone incursions over Jersey?”

Sen. Andy Kim: “I personally have not gotten any satisfying response because I feel like I keep hearing different things.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kim: “I hear from, you know, FAA side, there’s nothing to see — that it was just, you know, a lot of public hysteria. But then like, I don’t know, I saw a videotape of this one company talking about how they were doing some drone testing and they were responsible for some of it. And I’m just like, ‘What is this,’ you know?”

Laslo: “But you guys have never really…?”

Kim: “I’ve never gotten a clear answer from this at all, which we’re still pushing on it.”

Laslo: “Because when you guys were briefed, it was by [former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas and he said, ‘We don’t know what it is.’”

Kim: “Yeah, so I was briefed by that administration. They weren’t certain, but a lot of what they were telling me was like, you know, if there was anything, it was isolated — but then it kind of grew much larger. But like, then this administration, you know, Trump said it was something real and then they said it was not. So like I really don’t know.”

Laslo: “So with him promising to open up the UFO files for decades, are you a little wary that they’ll be honest with us?”

Kim: “So is that what they say? That they’re going to…?”

Laslo: “Something like that.”

Kim: “I mean, I’m certainly personally intrigued by this, but I don’t really know what to make of it in terms of what access they’ll actually provide and whatnot.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kim: “Yeah, thanks though.”

Laslo: “Preciate ya.”

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Secrets Task Force; Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Luna

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the chatter that the CIA might be the ones blocking your UAP investigation?

Key Luna:

“No, I don’t think the CIA is blocking it, because — you read the directive — we’ve been working and having conversations with all the powers that be,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I think it’s lower level.”

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“I want to do [a hearing on] the 10 scientists,” Luna tells us. “That’s crazy.”

What the hell is up with that?

“I have no idea,” Luna says.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (4-16-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo walks with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and her aide from the US Capitol to her office across the street.

Matt Laslo: “[Rep. Jared] Moskowitz said he wouldn’t mind hearings into [the missing Los Alamos scientists]...”*

*Seems Luna’s a devote Ask a Pol UAP reader, cause she seemed to know the Moskowitz news we broke Wednesday

ICYMI — 1st lawmaker to call for Los Alamos hearings

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: “I want to do the 10 scientists. That’s crazy.”

Laslo: “What the hell is up with that?”

Luna: “I have no idea. I’ve been flagging it for a while. I think after the 6th scientist went missing I posted about it, so it’s obviously disturbing.”

Laslo: “And now there’s chatter that the CIA might be the ones blocking your UAP investigation?”

Luna: “No, I don’t think the CIA’s blocking it, because — you read the directive — we’ve been working and having conversations with all the powers that be so I think it’s lower level.”

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Who?

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Member, Intelligence & Armed Services Committees; co-author, UAP Disclosure Act (with Sen. Chuck Schumer)

LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds

Ask a Pol asks:

Remember that former Congressman Matt Gaetz? Well, he’s out there saying he was briefed by a military guy who claimed that there was like a human-alien hybrid program…

Key Rounds:

“A what?” the senior member of the powerful Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees says.

“I don’t f***ing know, sir,” Laslo replies.

Rounds laughs.

But basically, humans and aliens being, like, bred together by the government. What do you make of that?

“That’s a new one on me,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

That’s someone through your party.

Rounds laughs.

“Well, I don’t think they’re part of the Congress anymore,” Rounds says. “Maybe there’s a reason for that.”

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What are you hearing from the White House about President Donald Trump saying he’s going to release all the UFO files?

“Haven’t heard a word,” Rounds says. “Nope. Haven’t heard a word.”

Does that make you dubious that UFO disclosure’s coming?

“No,” Rounds tells us. “The President probably has the same curiosity the rest of us do.”

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“Way back in the 1960s, the SR-71 Blackbird was not a known commodity. A lot of sightings out there were of that,” Rounds tells us. “I suspect that the Air Force might very well have been using the UFO interest to hide a number of national security products that were being tested.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (4-14-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo spots Sen. Mike Rounds and two aides hopping one of the Senate’s underground trams, so he slides onto the tram car — before realizing the other half of it is overflowing with Spring tourists.

Sen. Mike Rounds: “Hi! How are you guys doing?”

Tourist I: “Good.”

Tourist II: “And you?”

Rounds: “Good.”

Rounds turns to Laslo.

Rounds: “What are you up to?”

Matt Laslo: “Who knows?”

Rounds: “Chasing stuff down yet?”

Laslo: “A little bit.”

Rounds: “Ahhh.”

Laslo: “What are you hearing from the White House about Trump says he’s going to release all the UFO files?”

Rounds: “Haven’t heard a word.”

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Laslo: “No?”

Rounds: “Nope. Haven’t heard a word.”

Laslo: “Does that make you skeptical of the claim…?”

Rounds: “No.”

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Rounds: “No. I just think the President probably has the same curiosity the rest of us do.”

Laslo: “Yeah? But why…have you guys brought up — your UAP Disclosure Act with [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer — to the White House liaison or anything the past couple years?”

Rounds: “Not that I recall.”

Laslo: “It just never got to that level?”

Rounds: “No. It’s not like we’re visiting with the White House regularly, because it’s more along the lines of we’ve got communication with them based on specific activity or items that are currently in the news, more or less.”

Laslo: “Did you see the House, I guess the UAP Caucus, they sent a list to the administration of like 40, 46 different videos that they say they’ve seen, I guess, in classified settings and they say they want these released publicly? I’m like, how do you remember all those names coming out of a SCIF [Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility]?”

Rounds: “Well…”

Laslo: “I think they’ve got someone giving them a list.”

Rounds: “I can’t tell you that.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “I don’t know.”

Laslo: “Have you seen 46 different videos?”

Rounds: “I’ve never counted.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Do you think a lot of this stuff that you guys have seen should be made public?”

Rounds: “It will depend on whether or not we’ve identified as to whether or not it’s our product or an adversary’s product or one that we simply don’t know.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “Look, my concern is that as we move through this and we make disclosures, let’s make disclosures on those items that aren’t going to impact our national security activities. And that’s the sensitive part of this. Way back in the 1960s, the SR-71 Blackbird was not a known commodity. A lot of sightings out there were of that. I suspect that the Air Force might very well have been using the UFO interest to hide a number of national security products that were being tested. So I just don’t want us to get in the position of saying we have to disclose stuff that might be products of our own making or of our adversary’s making that we prefer not to have out and about.”

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Laslo: “Do you remember the name Matt Gaetz?”

Rounds looks at a loss as his staff whispers in his ear.

Laslo: “Matt Gaetz, he’s now got his own show on OAN.”

Rounds: “Oh, okay.”

Laslo: “He’s out there saying that he was briefed by a military, by military personnel, a guy who claimed that there was like a human-alien hybrid program.”

Rounds: “A what?”

Laslo: “I don’t f***ing know, sir.”

Rounds laughs.

Laslo: “But basically, humans and aliens being, like, bred together by the government. What do you make of that?”

Rounds: “That’s a new one on me.”

Laslo: “That’s someone through your party, right?”

Rounds laughs.

Rounds: “Well, I don’t think they’re part of the Congress anymore. Maybe there’s a reason for that.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Fun times.”

Rounds: “Have a good one.”

Laslo: “Preciate ya.”

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Secrets Task Force; Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Luna

Ask a Pol asks:

So you guys are going to get a briefing now from the Pentagon?*

*Apologies. We misheard Luna on her way into the vote, which is why we triple check!

Key Luna:

“I requested documents and so if we have to subpoena the documents, we will,” Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

Have you reached out to Hegseth personally?

“I have his number. I reached out to the White House directly,” Luna says. “I am going to be calling if I start getting pushed back.”

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“Someone at the Pentagon was trying to be cute, and it’s not going to work,” Luna tells us.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (4-16-2026)

SCENE: After voting on the House floor, Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna and an aide are joined by Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo as they walk from the US Capitol to the Congresswoman’s office across the street.

Matt Laslo: “So you guys are going to get a briefing now from the Pentagon?”

Rep. Luna: “No, I haven’t requested a briefing. I requested documents and so if we have to subpoena the documents, we will…”

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Luna cont’d: “…and whoever at the Pentagon decided to not pass our letter, I am asking that they get fired. I have a very clear understanding of the directive, not just from the President, but [I] also understand that [Defense Secretary Pete] Hegseth is in line with the President on all his policies, to include this one. So we’ll be getting the documents. It just goes to show the crap that we have to deal with for us to get information.”

Laslo: “Have you reached out to Hegseth personally or…?”

Luna: “I have his number. I reached out to the White House directly. I am going to be calling if I start getting push back.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Luna: “But I know for a fact he wasn’t like, ‘don’t give those documents over.’”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Luna: “So, someone at the Pentagon was trying to be cute, and it’s not going to work. And we’re not asking for briefing, we’re asking for the documents.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight Committee

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the Pentagon breezing through your guys’ April 14th deadline?

Key Burchett:

“They’re just going to delay, delay, delay until they can get everything covered up,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “The president’s just got to say do it.”

LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the Pentagon breezing through your guys’ April 14th deadline?

Key Burchett:

“They’re just going to delay, delay, delay until they can get everything covered up,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “It’s just got to come from the top. The President’s just got to say do it. They’ve had 28 days now for them to cover everything up.”

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Now the Pentagon says they’re working with AARO on disclosure — what do you make of that?

“I don’t trust them as far as I can throw that dome off the Capitol,” Burchett tells us.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-15-2026)

SCENE: Rep. Tim Burchett is making his way to the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches the Tennessee Republican before the rest of the press corps does.

Rep. Tim Burchett: “Yo.”

Matt Laslo: “What do you make of the Pentagon breezing through your guys’ April 14th deadline?”

Burchett: “See, that’s par for the course, dude. They’re just going to delay, delay, delay until they can get everything covered up.”

Burchett: “I just don’t have much faith. It’s just got to come from the top. The president’s just got to say do it. Heck, in that 28 days right now for them to cover everything up, it’s got to happen right then.”

Laslo: “Well, now they see they’re working with AARO. What do you make of that?”

Burchett: “I don’t trust them as far as I can throw that dome off the Capitol.”

Reporter: “Hey Tim…”*

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) — Congressional UAP Caucus

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Ask a Pol asks:

Pentagon’s now saying they’re going to go through AARO — the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — to release what the federal government knows about UFO, according to Liberation Times. Does that make you a little dubious?

Key Moskowitz:

“We now have 10 people, by the way, that are missing or dead dealing with our nuclear program,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “So, I think the Pentagon needs to come clean.”

Do you want to see an investigation into the missing Los Alamos scientists?

“Well, first of all, I think Luna should probably hold a hearing on that,” Moskowitz says. “I think she will. But if the Pentagon doesn’t release this stuff in compliance with Representative Luna’s letter, then I think ultimately we’re going to have to have a hearing on that as well.”

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“Listen, I think the Pentagon’s going to try to find every excuse not to release more information,” Moskowitz tells us. “The American people know there’s stuff being hidden from them on these UAPs.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (4-15-2026)

SCENE: After a vote on the House floor, Rep. Jared Moskowitz is walking back to his office when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with the Congressman.

Matt Laslo: “What do you make of Trump saying he’s going to release these UFO files or whatever?”

Jared Moskowitz: “I hope he does.”

ML: “Do you — have you seen any evidence that he’s gonna?”

JM: “Well, I mean, some of my colleagues have been talking to the White House and feel encouraged that we might see some sort of release coming out.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JM: “As you know, Representative Luna sent a letter to the Pentagon, and now the Pentagon says they lost the letter. Which makes sense because, you know, the Pentagon is missing trillions of dollars in their audits over the last several years.”

ML: “Fair.”

JM: “So, you know, look, that’s just another roadblock we run into when we try to get to the truth. But it’s time. I think it’s time. I think the President needs to release it.”

ML: “Well, now Pentagon’s saying they’re going to go through AARO. Does that make you a little dubious?”

JM: “Listen, I think the Pentagon’s going to try to find every excuse not to release more information. The American people know there’s stuff being hidden from them on these UAPs. You know, we now have 10 people, by the way, that are missing or dead…”

ML: “Yeah — what’s up with that?”

JM: “…okay, dealing with our nuclear program. So, I think the Pentagon needs to come clean.”

ML: “Do you want to see an investigation into that? The Los Alamos scientists?”

JM: “Well, first of all, I think Luna should probably hold a hearing on that.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JM: “I think she will. But if the Pentagon doesn’t release this stuff in compliance with Representative Luna’s letter, then I think ultimately we’re going to have to have a hearing on that as well.”

ML: “Yep?”

JM: “Thanks.”

ML: “Preciate ya.”

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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)

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Ask a Pol asks:

Do you have any idea what the mysterious craft were that reportedly surveilled Louisiana’s Barksdale Air Force Base?

Key Cassidy:

“No, I don’t,” Sen. Bill Cassidy exclusively tells Ask a pol UAP. “I don’t.

Do you feel like the Pentagon has a grasp on what intruded the airspace?

“I don’t know,” Cassidy says. “Let me check on that. I mean, it’s important for me to know. I’ll try and figure that out.”

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“There’s enough stupid people out there that it could be totally benign — accepting that stupidity is sometimes not benign,” Cassidy tells us. “But you have to fear the worst.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Bill Cassidy (3-25-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Sen. Bill Cassidy as he’s making his way to vote on the floor of the US Senate.

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AI Background (Perplexity): March 25, 2026 — ten days after coordinated drone swarms breached the airspace above Barksdale Air Force Base, a nuclear-capable B-52 base located in Cassidy’s home state of Louisiana.

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Matt Laslo: Do you know what happened at Barksdale Air Force Base?

Sen. Bill Cassidy: Did something happen?

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Cassidy: Oh.

Laslo: “Drones”?

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Laslo: Yeah. What was it? Have you gotten a briefing on that?

Cassidy: No, I have not. And of course, there’s a lot of problem with drones. There’s a federal prison in my state in which drones are flying narcotics into the prison. And so, you know, in that case, we clearly know the intent, it was criminal. And so, you know, that just has to be resolved.

Laslo: Do you know what it was with Barksdale?

Cassidy: No, I don’t. I don’t.

Laslo: Do you feel like the Pentagon does?

Cassidy: I don’t know. Well, let me check on that. I mean, it’s important for me to know. I’ll try and figure that out.

Laslo: Because it’s curious, they’ve had it at different spots — like Langley here had it and in Arizona.

Cassidy: You know, there’s enough stupid people out there that it could be totally benign — but accepting that stupidity is sometimes not benign — but it could be, but you have to fear the worst, right?

Laslo: Yeah?

Cassidy: Yeah. So I’m with you on all that.

Laslo: Interesting. Preciate ya.

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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus

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Ask a Pol UAP asks:

The Congressional UAP Caucus has been really outspoken lately on classified info, is that cause y’all are banking on disclosure coming from President Donald Trump?

Key Burchett:

“We’re just frustrated, brother,” Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “We’re just frustrated.”

Do you think full disclosure is actually coming?

“I really don’t think we’re going to get this information,” Burchett says. “The one shot we’ve got is somebody gets to the President before the other side does and says ‘release it’ and he pulls a classic Trump and does what he wants to do, regardless. Which I, in this case I would love that.”

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Burchett reveals more details on his UFO chat with President Trump the morning of the State of the Union address, after we ask:

Does the White House even know where to look?

“I told him, look, it’s so many levels of this thing — you got to peel back that onion. I said we need to get to the bottom of it. He was very receptive.”

Because there’s a chance UFO files are held by military contractors, so it could even be outside the government entirely?

“Exactly,” Burchett says. “That’s why they’ve done it. It’s (un)FOIA-able — that’s why I think it’s going to be almost next to impossible unless Trump grants them some sort of amnesty to come forward.”

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Other UAP Caucus members want to replace AARO, while Burchett just wants to blow it up:

“I’m tired of restructuring government. We just end up with the same dad-gum thing every time,” Burchett says. “I just want to do away with it.”

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“I don’t trust the FBI to do anything,” Burchett says.

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-10-2026)

SCENE: Congress is still off for their two week Easter recess, so Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo called UAP Caucus Co-chair Rep. Tim Burchett by phone for a candid check-in on all things UAP — from a new bill to blow up AARO, to missing scientists, to details of his UFO conversation with President Donald Trump…

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Transcript I — first half of Burchett call

Matt Laslo: Hey, how you livin’?

Rep. Tim Burchett: I’m just livin’ the dream. I got this inner ear problem so I’m having trouble hearing. Hang on, let me turn the volume up here. I’ll put it in my good ear. What’s up?

Laslo: I was just wondering if you had a minute. There’s been so much news these past week or so.

Burchett: Crazy, man. Matt Gaetz — when he said that, what he said, you know. He didn’t say that it was going on, that they’re interbreeding with aliens, but he did say that he was briefed on it and it was a military guy. And I remember — we get briefed on this stuff individually. People come up and tell you stuff and people want to meet with you and you always do. And of course he represented one of the biggest military installations in the country. So, I think he had more military people in his district than anybody in Congress, so…

Laslo: Huh.

Burchett: You know, and then they started asking me about it, and I was like, ‘Well, yeah. I haven’t seen it, but I’ve heard about it.’ Everybody has, but anyway. What’s up?

Laslo: Do you — it’s kinda feels like you guys on the UAP Caucus have been a little more talkative, almost like…?

Burchett: We’re just frustrated, brother. We’re just frustrated.

Laslo: Yeah?

Burchett: And honestly, that’s — the only way we’re going to get this stuff out is talking about it. You know, it’s a crazy thing with the news, what’s gonna go viral and what isn’t. I’ve never quite figured out that magic formula with the news, you know? Sometimes I’ll post something and think, ‘wow, this is going to go crazy,’ ‘This will freakin, I’ll get a million views’ and I’ll get 20,000 views. Then I’ll post some obscure something and all of a sudden it just blows up. I don’t know if it’s the time of day or the day of the week or what it is.

Laslo: I’m a media professor on the side and I wish I could help you but I can’t. I don’t know the science myself.

Burchett: Algorithms or whatever they call them, I’m sure some egghead tells you this stuff, but the reality is I just don’t think anybody really knows what the magic formula is. I mean, if you’re Elon Musk you can say anything and it’ll, you know, but I don’t have that luxury. Anyway, what can I do for you, brother?

Laslo: I was curious if have you guys have had any communication with the White House or DNI [Director of National Intelligence] or FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation]? Like, it feels like from what you guys have been saying — just more talkative out there — that you really feel like disclosure is coming.

Burchett: Well, I go back and forth. I really don’t think they’re going to give us everything. I think they’re going to try to hide it…

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Burchett: …you remember what I proposed — you know, disclosure, it was still two pages long. And then [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer comes out with this 60-page one that was a huge bureaucracy modeled after the Kennedy assassination committee, which — 60 years later — we still don’t know everything there. And all they’re going to do is hide something and hide it under national security. That’s what they always do. You know that, I know that. And it just infuriates me — and that’s, and it’s hard to get by, because you’ve got all these guys that are just, whatever the war pimps say at the Pentagon or around Congress they just jump in bed with them regardless. You know, they offer em all the money and everything else.

Laslo: But then they’re going to have these commemorative coins?

Burchett pauses to take a call from his Chief of Staff.

Burchett: Hey, hey, can I call you right back?

Transcript II — second half of Burchett call

Siri: Butchers “Rep. Tim Burchett”

Laslo: Hey, thanks for calling back.

Burchett: I’m sorry, dude — that was my Chief of Staff. She was giving me instructions on the seat heater or butt warmer or whatever. I’m 61-years-old, dude. I don’t want to get in the car and get cold.

Laslo laughs.

Laslo: Heck no. I’ve got a bad back, so I love those.

Burchett: Oh, I do too. It is the ticket. The lumbar support, man, I just crank that thing up. Alright. Hey, go ahead. I’m sorry.

Laslo: Do you — oh, what we were saying is, I was like: But then the administration’s going to print these UFO commemorative coins? Doesn’t that risk really alienating this whole community?

Burchett: I didn’t know anything about any coins.

Laslo: Oh no? There’s been chatter.

Burchett: Can you send me information on that? I would love to know about that. Yeah, I talked to Trump about it on the morning of the State of the Union address. And I told him, ‘look, it’s so many levels of this thing.’ I said, ‘you can only, you know, you gotta peel back that onion.’ And I told him, I said, ‘we need to get to the bottom of it.’

Laslo: Well, that’s where I’m curious about the White House — like, do they even know where to look? Like…

Burchett: That’s my — and I said that too. I told my liaison at the White House, he was asking me, ‘what do we — what do y’all want to do?’ And I said, ‘well, we need to go meet with the President’ and put him with some people that can tell him where to look and what to ask for.

Laslo: I mean, because there’s a chance that this stuff is in military contractors, so it could even be outside the government entirely?

Burchett: Exactly. That’s why they’ve done it. It’s (un)FOIA-able — that’s why I think it’s going to be almost next to impossible unless one of these, one of these. Unless Trump grants them some sort of amnesty to come forward.

Laslo: Huh.

Burchett: And that’s just what they do. I just don’t think — that’s why I go back to: I really don’t think we’re going to get this information. The one shot we’ve got is somebody gets to the President before the other side does and says ‘release it’ and he pulls a classic Trump and does what he wants to do, regardless. Which I, in this case I would love that. Wouldn’t you?

Laslo: Yeah. But that was interesting on the morning of the State of the Union when you talked to him, he sounded receptive?

Burchett: Very. Oh, yeah. I mean, I think he likes to upset the status quo, as I do.

Laslo: Yeah?

Burchett: He’s tired of these arrogant people, because they’re the same people who told me I couldn’t run and told him he couldn’t win, you know?

Laslo: Yeah.

Burchett: It’s the same mentality, you know, I’m sure you’ve had — you know, the reporters, I don’t know, maybe they treat you differently. But I see them, some of those reporters out there, they don’t treat you and me with the same they would somebody else, you know what I mean?

Laslo: Yeah.

Burchett: I always feel like, I mean in leadership, those guys, they kinda look down their nose at me.

Laslo: Oh yeah. They can tell I come from four generations of landscapers.

Burchett: Yeah. I mean — screw it, you know?

Laslo: Amen.

Burchett: The same old thing ain’t working anymore, brother. You and I might not agree on anything other than that we respect each other and we’re friends — and these guys can’t get past that.

Laslo: Yeah.

Burchett: They can’t get past the fact that, I’m sure the media doesn’t like that you and I talk so much. I talk to you more than I probably talk to anybody up there on a regular basis.

Laslo: Right? I was also curious, so you have this new bill — you’re done with AARO?

Burchett: Yes. Yeah. I just think it needs to go. And we’ve gotten some blowback. Somebody called the office saying maybe we could restructure it or something.

Laslo: Huh.

Burchett: I’m just tired of restructuring government. We just end up with the same dad-gum thing every time. I just want to do away with it. I just think it’s time.

Laslo: My question is — because I talked to Burlison and Luna when they were leaving the FBI UFO office, and back then they were like, ‘Oh, this is way better than AARO. Maybe this could actually replace AARO.’ My question is, so when AARO was created, it was created to be public-facing — to disclose, to help the public understand this. That’s not the FBI’s mandate. They’re internally focused. They love secrets. So I’m curious if you think…

Burchett: I don’t know that we — I just don’t think there’s a replacement. I just, I think it’s another trap.

Laslo: Interesting.

Burchett: Yeah. I don’t trust the FBI to do anything.

Laslo: That’s interesting. You think there doesn’t need to be a UAP office?

Burchett: Well, I just think we need total disclosure and do away with it all. That’s what I think. That’s my idealistic view. Because the FBI — listen, brother, all these agencies laughed at the UFO thing, but they had people studying it. They had all these alphabet agencies — except maybe the IRS, though I wouldn’t put it past them — they’ve all studied the UFO issue and they’ve got files on it. Because you and I’ve met with every one of them — or at least I have — and now they realize that over half the population thinks there is something going on, and now they realize it could be a fundraiser for them.

Laslo: I know, right?

Burchett: And I’m really worried about the PSYOP effort, and that reeks of the FBI.

Laslo: What’s up with these nine, I believe on last count, like nine missing scientists?

Burchett: Yeah. There’s more than that if you go back further. It’s just very mysterious, dude. And you know, I came up with this analogy: it’s like if you’ve got a chef who’s giving away all your secret recipes. And he’s high-profile chef, and he’s got a lot of knowledge — you’re not going to take him out. But you’re going to take out a few busboys just to send a message. And not that these people are busboys — and they’re outstanding in their fields — but there’s always somebody higher in that chain, and somebody’s got to be looking at this thinking, ‘Wow, I’m going to chill out on this stuff.’

Laslo: Interesting. Yeah?

Burchett: 9inaudible at start) Yeah. I just, that’s why I always say I’m not suicidal. My wife says, ‘Why do you always say that?’ I say ‘because it’s insurance, honey.’ So if I die of a heart attack or a plane wreck or I get mugged or I die of sleep apnea — something bizarre I have no history of, then somebody’s going to start asking some dad-gum questions.

Laslo: So priority-wise, do you think whistleblower protections are still needed even if the White House is saying they want disclosure?

Burchett: 100%. 100%. Because what happens with the next president? And then what happens if they say, ‘Oh, this falls outside the realm of this — this is a national security matter, you’re engaged in espionage.’ Some bull deal like that. Again, I just don’t trust the government. I am the government.

They laugh.

Laslo: Right? Adulthood, isn’t it grand?

Burchett: Yeah. Yeah.

Laslo: Well, hey brother. I know you’ve got a day job. I’ll let you get to your Chief.

Burchett: No. You pay for my salary. Behave, brother.

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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) — Congressional UAP Caucus; House Oversight Committee

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Ask a Pol UAP asks:

Is the White House trolling us by registering Aliens.gov — or is it a genuine signal that UFO disclosure is coming?

Key Ogles:

“There’s been so much chatter, and there’s so many people coming forward that the administration, President Trump, just wants to lay a baseline and he wants to be honest with it,” Rep. Andy Ogles exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “He likes to break the mold, right? And so being the guy that revealed the truth — whatever the truth is — that’d be historic, right? So, I mean, that’s exactly who President Trump is.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Andy Ogles (3-19-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with Rep. Andy Ogles as he’s making his way to a vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives via an underground tunnel in the basement of the US Capitol.

Matt Laslo: “Mr. Ogles, you got a second?”

Rep. Andy Ogles: “Yeah.”

Ogles turns to the member of Congress he was talking with and apologizes for ditching them for Ask a Pol UAP.

Ogles: “Sorry.”

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Laslo: “How you livin’? Did you see this yesterday? The White House, or whatever, secured Aliens.gov?”

Ogles: “Yeah.”

Ogles laughs.

ML: “What do you make of that?”

Ogles: “Well, you know, Trump said he was going to release information — now, you know, that’s a relative term, you know, what exactly does he ‘release’…?”

ML: “Yeah?”

Ogles: “But I mean…”

ML: “Do you think he’s trolling us?”

Ogles laughs.

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Ogles: “No.”

They both laugh.

Ogles: “I do think that there’s been so much chatter, and there’s so many people coming forward that the administration, President Trump, just wants to lay a baseline and he wants to be honest with it.”

ML: “Yeah?”

Elevator arrives.

Ogles: “You know, he likes to break the mold, right?”

ML: “Yeah.”

Ogles: “And so being the guy that revealed the truth — whatever the truth is — that’d be historic, right?”

ML: “Yeah.”

Ogles: “So, I mean, that’s exactly who President Trump is.”

ML: “But they’re…?”

They enter the elevator.

ML: “You don’t have any info? Have you guys been talking to them at all?”

Ogles: “No. I haven’t talked to them.”

ML: “Yeah”

Ogles: “I mean, there’s…”

ML: “You got a day job.”

Ogles: “There’s some pretty compelling stuff out there. Now, how much of it they release, we’ll see.”

ML: “Yeah?”

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Who?

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — Armed Services & Intelligence Committees

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Ask a Pol asks:

Haven’t seen you since President Donald Trump’s call for UAP disclosure — what do you make of him publicly calling for the federal government’s UFO files to be made public?

Key Gillibrand:

“It’s great,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “It’s a great step in the right direction.”

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“I don’t know,” Gillibrand tells us. “I don’t know what he meant. I tweeted back at him, ‘Great, let’s work on this together!’ though.”

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“It’s redundant, because we already passed it in the NDAA and that stuff has to be public,” Gillibrand’s senior aide interjects. “He was just talking out of his ass. NDAA already did it.”*

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (3-10-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo is staking out the US Capitol’s historic Senate Carriage Entrance — where horses and buggies used to drop off Senators of old — when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and a senior aide walk up so she can vote on the Senate floor.

Matt Laslo: “Haven’t seen you since the President’s announcement.”

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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We’re here every day!”

ML: “What do you make of him saying he wants to open up the UFO files?”

KG: “I think it’s great. It’s a good, great step in the right direction.”

Gillibrand Staffer: “But it’s redundant, because we already passed it in the NDAA and that stuff has to be public.”

ML: “But is AARO going to be part of that?”

KG: “I don’t know.”

Gillibrand shrugs.

KG: “I don’t know what he meant, so I’m gonna…”

ML: “Does anyone?”

KG: “I tweeted back at him, ‘Great, let’s work on this together!’ though.”

Gillibrand Staffer: “He was just talking out of his ass.”

ML: “No word?”

KG: “No.”

Gillibrand Staffer: “He was just talking out of his ass. NDAA already did it.”

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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Senate Intel & Armed Services Committees

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Ask a Pol asks:

Rep. Eric Burlison tells Ask a Pol UAP he’s looking to revive your UAP Disclosure Act with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. With President Donald Trump now promising unparalleled UFO disclosure, do you think the UAPDA has a better chance of making it into the annual, must-pass NDAA — National Defense Authorization Act — this year?

Key Rounds:

“We’re still working NDAA stuff now,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I would like to see some language in it to move this thing along a little bit.”

Curious if you guys now have an ally with the Trump White House?

“I hope we do,” Rounds says.

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“The issue last time was the House and their concerns,” Rounds tells us. “We’ll have to work with the House to allay the concerns they may have.

“And I have the same concerns that they have. And that is, I don’t want to release anything that’s vital for our national security. I want to have it done correctly, but vetted so that we don’t give out any information that would otherwise endanger any of our classified programs.”

What should we ask Congress next?

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Sen. Mike Rounds walking through the US Capitol’s basement alone, so he proceeds to join the Senator as he rides one of the Senate’s underground trams from the Capitol to the Senate Office Buildings across the street.

Matt Laslo: “Look at this young man.”

Sen. Mike Rounds: “Hey, how you doing?”

ML: “Livin’ the dream.”

Rounds laughs.

ML: “Was talking to one of your colleagues in the House — Mr. [Eric] Burlison — and he said, he’s looking to maybe revive your measure with [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer, the UAP Disclosure Act.”

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MR: “Ahuh.”

ML: “Have you talked with Schumer about it at all?”

MR: “I have not.”

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ML: “No?”

MR: “We just…”

ML: “Yeah?”

MR: “…with everything else going around here now, it’s been busy.”

ML: “So NDAA talks haven’t really sparked yet?”

MR: “Yeah. And we’re still working NDAA stuff now.”

ML: “Yeah?”

MR: “On the individual stuff.”

ML: “Yeah?”

MR: “This is one, I mean, I would like to see some language in it to move this thing along a little bit.”

ML: “Yeah? I’m curious if you guys now have an ally with the White House.”

MR: “I hope we do.”

ML: “But no word?”

Rounds shakes head no.

MR: “The issue last time was the House and their concerns.”

ML: “Yeah?”

MR: “In order to get things done, I think we’ll have to work with the House to allay the concerns they may have. And I have the same concerns that, maybe, they have, and that is, I don’t want to release anything that’s vital for our national security. I want to have it done correctly, but vetted so that we don’t give out any information that would otherwise endanger any of our classified programs.”

ML: “Yeah. Have the conversations changed in the last couple of years, like is it…?”

MR: “No, I don’t think so.”

Laslo chuckles.

ML: “Is that disheartening?”

MR: “No, it’s just, just there are so many other things going on. I think folks are focused on other issues. I mean, we’ve got a war. We’ve got...”

ML: “Yeah?”

MR: “The challenge is right now, just with part of government being shut down, those types of things. And it’s been, we’ve had this multiple times since October. So, it’s frustrating. But I think that’s where people have been focused.”

ML: “Why go on recess if DHS is shut down?”

MR: “I don’t know that we can. The challenge we’ve got is right now, from what we can see, our Democratic colleagues continue to demand things they know we can’t do. I thought we had a pretty good deal going last night. I thought there was a good opportunity for them to come around on it. But some of the demands they’re making now simply don’t work.”

ML: “You feel like they’re moving the goal posts?”

MR: “I don’t know if they’re moving the goal posts or…”

Rounds gets lost on thought.

MR: “I always hate to say a goal post is moving, but I’m not sure they had laid out a goal post in the first place. Their demands have been rather nebulous.”

ML: “Yeah?”

MR: “And it’s probably gotten worse, rather than better. And that doesn’t reflect what a number of the individual members have talked to us about.”

ML: “Yeah?”

MR: “We’ve got a couple more days before the planned break, and hopefully jet fumes will help move things along.”

Rounds exits tram.

ML: “I know. I’ll be watching.”

Laslo exits tram following Rounds.

ML: “But it just seems like with all these four hour long lines in Houston, I’m like, the dams gotta break.”

MR: “Holding these guys hostage when we’ve offered to them to do changes and so forth. And they don’t want to fund ICE, okay, that’s fines, you don’t have to fund ICE, we’ve already funded them.”

ML: “Yeah?”

ML: “I think it’s cause they’re terrified of their progressive base.”

Rounds enters Senators Only elevator.

MR: “Yeah. You hit it on the head.”

ML: “Have a good one, sir.”

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Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — House Oversight Committee & Secrets Task Force

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The annual NDAA — or National Defense Authorization Act — season’s coming up, do you think there might be more support for something like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Mike Rounds’ UAP Disclosure Act this time around?

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“I do,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “The time that I spent [last year] talking to these Committee Chairs in both the House and Senate has at least loosened the soil. So I think that’ll give me an opportunity when I go back and have the conversation, it’s not going to be a fresh topic to them.”

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Especially now with the White House on board?

“Yes,” Burlison tells us. “What we’re trying to do right now is, I’m trying to work with the White House on the language and say, ‘Look, based on what you’re planning to do — does this* dovetail in with your goals for release?’ and ‘What kind of real mechanisms do we need to put in place to operationalize this disclosure?’”

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SCENE: After casting his vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives, Rep. Eric Burlison’s walking back to his office across the street when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with him.

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Matt Laslo: “And now, NDAA season’s coming — do you think there might be more support for something like the UAP Disclosure Act this time around?”

Rep. Eric Burlison: “I do.”

ML: “Are you planning to offer it?”

EB: “The time that I spent talking to these committee chairs in both the House and Senate has at least loosened the soil. So I think that’ll give me an opportunity — when I go back and have the conversation, it’s not going to be a fresh topic to them.”

ML: “Especially now with the White House on board, you’re seeing…?”

EB: “Yes. What we’re trying to do right now is I’m trying to work with the White House on the language and say: look, based on what you’re planning to do — does this dovetail in with your goals for release, and what kind of real mechanisms do we need to put in place to operationalize this disclosure?”

ML: “And have you talked with UAP Disclosure Act sponsors Sens. Rounds and Schumer yet — or too early for that?”

EB: “No. Thank you.”

ML: “Preciate ya.”

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WASHINGTON — Ask a Pol UAP’s rough list of UFO players at the US Capitol in the 119th Congress.

UAP Caucus leaders:

- Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna (conduit to DNI Tulsi Gabbard (RIP, we hear...); busy on UFO cable circuit of late and is now penning official letters demanding specific classified UFO videos be released publicly)

- Eric Burlison (constantly working topic behind-the-scenes; hired David Grusch on staff)

- (quasi-defunct-)UAP Caucus Co-chair Tim Burchett (has felt neutered and deflated on topic since GOP leaders passed him up and gave Secrets gavel to Luna; though tells me he pushed the issue with President Trump)

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US House of Representatives:

- Andre Carson (one to watch cause he’s 2nd most senior Democrat on HPSCI, so will likely be Intel Chair one of these years; the former hip-hop artist and Indiana DHS official chaired the first public UFO hearing in 50 years the year before Grusch testified)

- Jared Moskowitz (still on UAP Caucus but less vocal on UAP Caucus since leaving Oversight Committee for Judiciary)

- Andy Ogles (he’s cued in, but mostly following Luna and Burlison’s lead)

- Nick Begich (freshman locked in tight reelection back in Alaska, but if he squeaks out a sophomore term in Washington, keep an eye on him)

- Nancy Mace (though she’s gotten quiet since running for Governor...)

- Ralph Norman (also running for Gov of SC; he cares about issue, but will do whatever Luna and UAP Caucus tell him to do)

- Robert Garcia (sponsor of bipartisan whistleblower protection bill, though he’s been distracted with TV bookings since being named Ranking Member on full Oversight Committee)

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US Senators:

- Mike Rounds (fmr. Governor, so quiet, smooth behind-the-scenes operator)

- Chuckie Schumer (meh; can’t tell if he’s pushing UAPDA because he promised fmr. Majority Leader Harry Reid he would, but he’s never flexed his full leadership might on topic...that I know of)

- Kirsten Gillibrand (I feel the eye rolls from here and raise you the public Senate UFO hearing she chaired in 2024...)

- Adam Schiff (freshman Senator now, so not on Armed Services or Intel — YET, he’s a Dem “star” and in safe, expensive must-win seat, so he’s gonna get a national security assignment sooner than later)

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Eyes peeled*

*lawmakers or their aides who care about UFO but watch topic from distance

- Sen. Cory Booker (“my staff is obsessed with [UFO]!” he told me in 2023; got engaged during NJ drone incursions; along with Sen. Andy Kim who doesn’t seem too UFO curious himself)

- Sen. John Fetterman (still a freshman and not on relevant committees, and likely never will be cause he’s crossed progressive left on Israel v. Gaza)

- Sen. John Boozman (”I think it’s kinda neat that [UAP Caucus] pushing it,” he told me)

- Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner (skeptical-to-dubious of UFO topic, but his staff vetted Grusch -- still classified -- and he’s been pressing Pentagon for answers since Langley AFB was shuttered by incursions for 17 days back in 2023)

- Sen. Tim Kaine (topic on radar only in regards to Langley AFB incursions)

- President of US Senate, Vice President JD Vance (thinks aliens are demons or something...)

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*esp. when military industrial contracting complex thrown in UFO mix

- AOC (attended classified SCIF briefings post-Grusch testimony)

- House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (told me Grusch was credible and he had more questions for him in classified setting after he testified)

- House Oversight Chair James Comer (he’s got an eye on Luna and Secrets Task Force, but basically seems to be entertained by subject so is more a voyeur than anything else; but is lead Republican sponsor of bipartisan whistleblower protection bill)

- Rep. Glenn Grothman (Comer tapped him to chair Grusch hearing, which pissed Luna and Burchett off; seems like professional blocker, though tells me he wants disclosure)

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(closeted) Opposition:

- Sen. Mark Kelly (fmr. astronaut who’s likely the loudest and most dismissive voice of opposition to all things UFO in Congress, though has pressured Pentagon on unidentified flying “drones” that interfere with Arizona’s Luke Air Force Base, Barry Goldwater Range)

- Four Corners: Senate, House Armed Service Committee Chairs & Ranking Members (one of whom seems to annually gut the UAP Disclosure Act when the NDAA’s negotiated behind-closed-doors; according to Sen. Rounds, the opposition comes form the House, so either HASC Chair Mike Rogers or Ranking Member Adam Smith who in all seriousness told me, “I don’t know what [UAP] means” — though opposition could be quietly coming from heads of House or Senate Intel Committees…)

- House Speaker Mike Johnson (or Oversight Chair Comer or an uber-empowered aide…) seems to have blocked the UAP Caucus from investigating classified SAPs (Special Access Programs)

- RIP Mike Turner

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