Who?
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) — Ranking Member of House Intelligence Committee
Ask a Pol asked:
“With the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act], how did Schumer’s UAP amendment get stripped? Was that you all [on Intel]? Was that [Intel Chair Mike] Turner?”
Key Himes:
“I know this is sort of a cause célèbre online. I don’t think it was us all. You should ask Turner about it,” Himes exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
“Put it this way,” Himes continues. “I certainly wasn’t in any meaningful way a part of it, but sometimes negotiation shit gets done. But I’ll ask [my aide] to call you.”*
*Himes’ aide called Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo and said their office has no direct knowledge of the House Intel Committee actively working to gut Schumer’s amendment.
Caught our ear:
“Any number of us have boiled the ocean for any evidence that we are hiding aliens or have spacecraft or whatever, and the answer is always: ‘No. No. No. No.” — [from] all kinds of people. So a lot of this is just an effort to do yet another comprehensive deep dive. You saw the Scientific American article, right? I mean, this is getting bananas,” Himes tells Ask a Pol.
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jim Himes
Matt Laslo: “Hey, how are you, congressman?”
Jim Himes: “Hey, how is it going?”
ML: “Living the dream.”
Laughter.
JH: “Like all of us.”
ML: “I was curious, with the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act], how did Schumer’s UAP amendment get stripped? Was that you all [on Intel]? Was that [Intel Chair Mike] Turner?”
JH: “You know, I know this is sort of a cause célèbre online. I don’t think it was us all. You should ask [Intel Chair Mike] Turner about it.”
ML: “He won’t talk to me, he only talks to Fox.”
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