Who?
Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) — Oversight Committee; JAG Officer; Captain in South Carolina Air National Guard
LISTEN: Laslo & Timmons
Ask a Pol asks:
What did you make of responses — and non-responses — to your questions in the public House Oversight UAP hearing on Nov. 13th?
Key Timmons:
“I do think that the government is trying to assess whether it's China or non-human. I think that's really the underlying question,” Rep. Timmons exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “They have advancements that we don't have, which is not good. But if it's non-human, then, well, we don't know why they're here. So, you know, both of those deserve additional resources to figure out the answer to.”
ICYMI — Chair Mace comments on Nov. 13 hearing: “we need more whistleblowers”
Do you worry about SAPs — Special Access Programs — hidden from Congress?
“I actually don't care about that at all. I get it, some people want information. There's a lot of information that government has my colleagues should not have, I shouldn’t have. You know, I am one of five members of Congress still in the Air Force. So, I mean, you know, there's information that Congress might eventually get, but also might never get,” Timmons says. “Absolutely not. You know, these people can't go through a meeting without tweeting about it. We're gonna give them, like, highly classified information? No!”
Caught our ear:
“This is next level,” Timmons tells us. “This isn't like 10 years ahead of where we are. This is like 50 or 100 years ahead of where we are.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. William Timmons (R-SC), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. William Timmons
SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo greets Rep. William Timmons in the hall outside the Nov. 13th hearing (while Laslo’s still listening to Timmons questions on C-SPAN in his earbud).
Matt Laslo: “Hey, how are you? I think I was just listening to you on C-SPAN.”
William Timmons: “Yeah, what's up?”
ML: “You were just questioning them on the UAP hearing?”
WT: “I was, yeah.”
ML: “What did you think of their responses? Or how frustrating is it to not…?”
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