Who?
Rep. Jasmine Crockett * (D-TX) — Ranking Member, Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets
* Crockett lost the Texas Democratic primary for the US Senate, so she leaves Congress in January. The Dallas Morning News reports she plans to stay active in politics, running her new FIRE — Fuel Individual Rights Everywhere — PAC.
LISTEN: Laslo & Crockett
Ask a Pol asks:
Have you heard any talk about a Select UFO Committee?
Key Crockett:
“Uh, no,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “But, you know, I sit on a task force right now where we do something similar.”
Would you be open to that?
“Um, I think so,” Crockett said.
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Caught our ear:
Has there been any talk of what Democrats would do with the Secrets Task Force if y’all take over?
“Um, no,” Crockett told us. “But I’m sure that those talks will begin as soon as these midterms are over.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (9-22-2026)
SCENE: During a Democrat-only ICE forum during the House of Representatives’ extended pre-election recess, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo waits in the hall for some two hours.
Once the meeting breaks, Laslo interviews Rep. Jasmine Crockett as she passes a Capitol Police security checkpoint on her way to an awaiting black SUV.
Matt Laslo: “Has there been any talk of what Democrats would do with the Secrets Task Force if y’all take over?”
Jasmine Crockett: “Um, no. But I’m sure that those talks will begin as soon as these midterms are over.”
Laslo: “Have you heard any talk about, like, a Select UFO Task Force [Committee]?”
Crockett: “Uh, no. But, you know, I sit on a task force right now where we do something similar.”
Laslo: “Yeah. Would you be open to that?”
Crockett: “Um, I think so.”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Crockett: “Okay?”
Laslo: “’Preciate ya!”
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