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Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
LISTEN: Laslo & Pallone
Ask a Pol asks:
Did you make that call for the New Jersey congressional delegation with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas?
Key Pallone:
“Well, I’m not supposed to talk about it,” Rep. Frank Pallone exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “I mean, I don't know.”
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Caught our ear:
“It was for members,” Pallone’s aide says. “It wasn't for the public.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Frank Pallone
SCENE: After voting on the House floor, Rep. Frank Pallone and an aide are walking through the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches him.
Frank Pallone: “How are you?“
Matt Laslo: “Not bad. Did you make that call with Mayorkas earlier this week?”
FP: “Huh?”
ML: “About stuff flying over...”
Aide: “About the drone stuff.”
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FP: “Oh, yeah, but was that off the record or...?”
Aide: “I assume it is.”
FP: “I assume it was. Why? What do you want to know?”
ML: “Just did it assuage any of your constituent's fears?”
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FP: “Well, I’m not supposed to talk about it.”
ML: “You're not?”
FP: “No. It wasn't like a — I mean, I don't know.”
ML: “Should your constituents be worried about the stuff flying overhead? Or did you leave there convinced they got it?”
Aide: “Well, it was for members. It wasn't for the public.”
FP: “I mean, off the record...”
ML: ”Yeah.”
Pallone briefly goes off-the-record.
FP: “But, I mean, I didn't say that, because I'm not sure.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Laslo laughs.
ML: “Me neither. Have a good one.”
Andrey Beregovskiy contributed to this report.
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