Who?
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) — Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)*
*ex officio member of the Senate Intelligence Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Reed
Ask a Pol asks:
Do you know the status of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act — or UAPDA — in this year’s NDAA or National Defense Authorization Act?
Key Reed:
“The staff’s are working through now and we will be, the principals, will be meeting next week,” SASC Ranking Member Jack Reed exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Then we’ll start the process of winnowing out those issues that we can accept, those that are not [acceptable].”
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Caught our ear:
“There might be pushback, but that’s not unusual,” Reed tells us. “If it’s not resolved, it goes up to Schumer…”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Jack Reed (10-30-2025)
SCENE: After voting on the Senate floor, SASC Ranking Member Jack Reed’s exiting an elevator in the basement of the US Capitol when he bumps into Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo who asks for an update on NDAA talks, specifically Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act (UAPDA).
Matt Laslo: “Do you know the status of Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act in this year’s NDAA?”
Jack Reed: “Well, the status of it, where the staff’s are working through now and we will be, the principals, will be meeting next week.”
ML: “Yeah?”
JR: “And then we’ll start the process of winnowing out, you know, those issues that we can accept, those that are not.”
ML: “I heard there was pushback in the House on it?”
JR: “There might be pushback, but that’s not unusual. It’ll get…”
ML: “You haven’t heard it yet?”
JR: “No.”
ML: “Yeah?”
JR: “It’ll get up to us, and then we will do the negotiating.”
What should we ask Congress next?
ML: “Yeah?”
JR: “And then if it’s not…”
ML: “So it’s not dead yet?”
JR: “If it’s not resolved, it goes up to Schumer and — and all.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Reed nods.
JR: “Okay?”
ML: “Thanks.”
Defense reporter: “Senator, how concerned are you that…?”
