Who?
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — Chair, Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats & Capabilities / Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)
LISTEN: Laslo & Gillibrand
Ask a Pol asks:
You have some UAP language in this year’s national Defense Authorization Act — or NDAA?
Key Gillibrand:
“Working on legislation with [Senate Intelligence Committee] Chairman [Tom] Cotton on giving more authority to take them down when they're over military bases and national security sites,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.
NEW: Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!
Caught our ear:
What are you hoping for from your UAP language in this year’s NDAA?
“More money and more focus and more attention,” Gillibrand tells us.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (7-30-2025)
SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo always has the Senate elevator stop at the first floor of the US Capitol — his “Gillibrand check” (sorry to everyone who’s had to stop at each floor while riding with Laslo…) — though he’s still surprised when the door opens and he sees Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand entering the Capitol…
ICYMI — Last we checked Cotton didn’t know Grusch…
Matt Laslo: “How are you, ma’am?”
Kirsten Gillibrand: “Hi, how are you?”
ML: “Livin’ the dream.“
ML: “So I saw you had some UAP language…?”
KG: “What?”
ML: “You had some UAP language in the NDAA this year?”
KG: “Yeah, definitely do.”
ML: “What do you expect to see on that?”
KG: “More money and more focus and more attention. I also am working on legislation with Chairman Cotton on giving more authority to take them down when they're over military bases and national security sites.”
ML: “Interesting. So that won't be in this NDAA, but…?”
KG: “The problem was it had multiple committees of jurisdiction. So that’s why we couldn’t do it.”
ML: “Yeah? Thank you ma’am.”
Gillibrand heads to Senate floor as Laslo speaks last thing she said into his mic.
ML: “‘So that’s why we couldn’t do it.’”
Ewoud Storm van ‘s Gravesande contributed to this post.
Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us.
