Who?
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus; Member, Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets
LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett chat UAPs
Ask a Pol asks:
It doesn't sound like the new Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets has talked UAPs yet — have you guys talked UAPs in the Secrets Task Force yet?
Key Burchett:
“Not yet. I don't think so. No,” Rep. Tim Burchett told Ask a Pol. “They're trying to formulate a plan with [David] Grusch, I think, and get some ideas. I've heard some things that he was talking about that, I don't know, it could be very, may be, promising.”
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What should we be asking ahead of UAP hearing?
Isn’t it weird you got passed over for Secrets’ chair?
“I’m good with it,” Burchett says. “I'm never gonna be chairman of a committee. I don't kiss enough a**, and I don't raise enough money.”
“I'm never gonna be chairman of a committee.
I don't kiss enough a**, and I don't raise enough money.”
EXTENDED INTERVIEW: Laslo, Burchett, AP, MSNBC*
*first half is NON-uap related, fyi
Caught our ear:
It kinda feels like the Congressional UAP Caucus is now the Secrets Task Force?
“Yeah,” Burchett tells us. “It is.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett
SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo waits in the wings as throngs of congressional reporters pepper Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) with questions mere hours before House Republicans struck a deal with Senate Majority Leader John Thune to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget blueprint — think funding deportations and extending expiring tax cuts.
Once Burchett’s exhausted most all questions from the crowd, Laslo starts walking back to his office with him when an Associated Press reporter and then an MSNBC one join in and ask Burchett some questions before Laslo finally gets Burchett solo — after he stops to say ‘hi’ to a Capitol visitor’s pup — for you, fam!
Pup: “Woof, woof, woof, woof.”
Laslo turns to pup.
Matt Laslo: “Oh, hi puppy.”
Laslo turns back to Burchett.
ML: “Have you ever? Have you looked — now on UAPs — have you looked into [Jake] Barber's claims?”
Tim Burchett: “Nuh-uh.”
Laslo laughs.
ML: “He was a newer whistleblower.”
TB: “What's he got?”
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