Who?
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) — new Ranking Member, House Oversight Committee; outgoing Ranking Member, Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets*
*now that House Democrats tapped Garcia to be Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, he tells Ask a Pol UAPs — “I can’t do both” — he’s still looking for someone to replace him as the top Democrat on the Secrets Task Force.
ICYMI — Garcia’s moving on up the leadership ladder…
LISTEN: Laslo & Garcia
Ask a Pol asked:
After GOP leaders blocked your attempt to include the UAPDA — UAP Disclosure Act — in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act, any plan to try to add it to this year’s NDAA?
Key Garcia:
”We're having some — I mean, look, I'll be a little bit more blunt,” Rep. Robert Garcia exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAPs. “We're not sensing a ton of, as much interest in the UAP topic from the Republican leadership as there was, and so I think we're still having some conversations with our internal folks about how we're going to move forward.”
Yeah?
“But my interest level on the topic is not diminished at all,” Garcia says.
ICYMI — Garcia introduced the UAPDA in 2024
Caught our ear (& made him squirm…):
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) haven't said whether they're going to reintroduce their UAPDA, you dropped it last year — any plan to insert it into the NDAA debate again this year?
“I haven’t heard, no,” Garcia tells us. “I have no idea what they’re doing.”
Wait — was that just an election year ploy last year?
Laslo laughs, Garcia blushes and his aide’s face lights up.
“No, no, no!” Garcia says.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Robert Garcia (7-17-2025)
SCENE: During a vote on the House floor, a hurried Rep. Robert Garcia waves Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo away as he has a quick meeting with one of his senior staffers. Laslo gives him space — possibly quipping about how Garcia’s always too busy to talk to Ask a Pol now that he’s the top Dem on Oversight… — but waits in the wings.
Once they’re done huddling, the congressman darts to the door of the Democratic Cloakroom — which connects to the House floor — but Laslo slides in, prepared for a rapid fire UAP round…
Matt Laslo: “Do you have any plans — you introduced UAPDA last year, right?”
Robert Garcia: “U-A what part?”
ML: “The UAPDA to the NDAA.”
RG: “Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah — I din’t hear you say the last part.”
ML: “Any plan to offer that this year on the NDAA?”
RG: “Yeah, I mean, we’re — we're having some, I mean, look, I'll be a little bit more blunt. I think that like, we're not sensing a ton of, as much interest in the UAP topic from the Republican leadership as there was, and so I think we're still having some conversations with our internal folks about how we're going to move forward.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RG: “But my interest level on the topic is not like diminished at all.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RG: “And so, I think that's a discussion that we're having.”
ML: “Have you even talked to [Secrets Task Force Chair] Luna about it? It seems like she's been focused on JFK, Epstein — everything else.”
RG: “Yeah. I think she’s aware that I'm still very much interested in the UAP topic, so...”
ML: “Yeah?”
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RG: “And it's certainly something that, if we were in the majoirty, I'm very interested in, so I think there's a lot of work to still do there.”
ML: “And [Sen. Mike] Rounds (R-SD) and [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer (D-NY) haven't said that they're going to introduce their UAPDA…”
RG: “I haven’t heard, no.”
ML: “…do you think inserting that into the debate…”
RG: “I have no idea what they’re doing.”
ML: “Wait — was that just an election year ploy last year?”
Laslo laughs, Garcia blushes and his aide’s face lights up.
RG: “No, no, no! I just — (unintelligible*).”
*UNCONFIRMED: After slowing the audio down (and replaying it 150 times…), we hear: 'let the committee look at it.’ If you hear something different, please ping us ASAP!
RG: “I gotta get out to the votes.”
ML: “Do your thing — you got a day job.”
Garcia enters Democratic Cloakroom.
ML: “Good to see ya.”
Laslo makes eye contact with Garcia’s aide.
ML: “Have a good one now.”
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