Who?
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Original sponsor, UAP Disclosure Act
LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds
Ask a Pol asks:
With the White House moving on UFO disclosure on its own, is your UAP Disclosure Act with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer still needed?
Key Rounds:
“I think we can still work in tandem,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “I think there’s a realization that if we’ve got information out there that can be released, it’s probably just a good thing to be released.”
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Caught our ear:
“I just want to make sure that if we are releasing stuff, none of it has to do with anything that would impact our national security in terms of our programs or our intel on other programs,” Rounds told us.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (6-10-2026)
SCENE: Sen. Mike Rounds — an original sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — is moving through the Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches him for a quick but substantive exchange.
Matt Laslo: “Have you looked at any of these videos the Pentagon’s released?”
Sen. Mike Rounds: “Not in an organized fashion, no.”
ML: “Yeah? I’m just curious about the dynamics with your UAP Disclosure Act with Schumer — if the White House is moving on that on its own, do you guys not need your bill?”
Rounds: “I don’t know. I think we can still work in tandem. I think there’s a realization that if we’ve got information out there that can be released, it’s probably just a good thing to be released.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Rounds: “But I just want to make sure that if we are releasing stuff, none of it has to do with anything that would impact our national security in terms of our programs or our intel on other programs.”
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