Who?*
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) — second highest ranking Democrat on HASC; ranking member on Armed Services Committee’s Seapower & Projection Forces Subcommittee
*Our sincerest apologies. We thought we posted this after covering the DNC in Chicago in August, but Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo got laid out with COVID after the convention, signals got crossed within our tiny team and at it fell through the cracks.
But, please know: Ask a Pol never stopped pressing Congress on the UAPDA and the NDAA…
LISTEN: Laslo & Courtney
Ask a Pol asks:
Sen. Mike Rounds told Ask a Pol the House Intel Committee gutted Schumer’s UAPDA amendment to the NDAA — National Defense Authorization Act — last year. Have you ever discussed UAPs with Intel. Ranking Member Jim Himes, your fellow Connecticut Democrat?
Key Courtney:
“Not much, to be honest,” Rep. Joe Courtney exclusively told Ask a Pol. “[House Intelligence Committee Ranking Democrat] Jim [Himes] never approached me or anybody on the Intel.”
ICYMI — Ask a Pol’s exclusive w/ Sen. Rounds
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), slightly edited for clarity.
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT*
*Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Joe Courtney
SCENE: In August, just off the floor of the Democratic National Convention — or DNC — in Chicago, Ask a Pol bumped into Congressman Joe Courtney, the second most senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), so we asked for an update on backdoor NDAA politics.
Matt Laslo: “Can I get you real quick?”
Joe Courtney: “Sure.”
ML: “I gotta start with an issue I brought up to you before. You’re on Armed Services [Committee]?”
JC: “Yes.”
ML: “Have you ever discussed UAPs with Jim Himes?”
JC: “What?”
ML: “Have you ever discussed UAPs — or UFOs — with Jim Himes?”
JC: “Umm, not much, to be honest with ya”
ML: “Yeah?”
Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Ask a Pol uaps to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
