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Who?
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) — Ranking Member, Armed Services Committee (HASC)
LISTEN: Laslo & Smith
What?
We conducted this interview on Friday, Dec. 6th. The following week, the National Defense Authorization Act — or NDAA — sailed out of the House of Representatives before passing the US Senate this week. It’s now awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature — or (highly unlikely) veto.
Ask a Pol asks:
Have you heard what's up with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's UAPDA — Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act — with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)?
Key Smith:
“Sorry, what are we talking about? What’s that?” Rep. Adam Smith pressed Ask a Pol. “I don't know what that means.”
‘UAP’ is the new ‘UFO.’
“Okay,” Smith said. “I have a vague memory of it, but I don't know the specifics.”
ICYMI — eternal saga of Schumer’s UAPDA continues…
Caught our ear:
“It's tradition,” Smith told us at the start of the month. “We fly off to Reagan [National Airport], and we argue and hassle over the final details and then come back on Monday, release the bill and find a way to pass it.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Adam Smith
SCENE: The Friday before the House voted on this year’s final NDAA, Rep. Adam Smith’s walking across the Capitol grounds after voting in the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with him.
Matt Laslo: “How are you?”
Adam Smith: “Good.”
ML: “How's the NDAA looking?”
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AS: “Ah, we're close.”
ML: “Yeah?”
AS: “It's tradition, we fly off to Reagan [National Airport].”
ML: “Yeah?”
AS: “And we argue and hassle over the final details and then come back on Monday and release the bill and find a way to pass it, so we're sticking with tradition.”
ML: “Have you heard what's up with Majority Leader Schumer's amendment with Senator Rounds? Their UAPDA amendment?”
AS: “Sorry, what are we talking about? What’s that?”
ML: “Their UAPDA amendment.”
AS: “I don't know what that means.”
ML: “‘UAP’ is the new ‘UFO.’”
AS: “Okay.”
ML: “They're UAPDA…”
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AS: “Oh, no, I...”
ML: “…it's a disclosure act.”
AS: “Oh, I don't, actually.”
ML: “Yeah? Cool.”
AS: “I have a vague memory of it, but I don't know the specifics.”
ML: “Yep. Sounds good.”
AS: “Alright.”
ML: “Thank you, sir.”
Andrey Beregovskiy contributed to this report.
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