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EXCLUSIVE — AARO’s first post-UFO files sit-down: Sen. Gillibrand’s scheduled to meet with Jon T. KosloskiWho?Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)Ask a Pol asks:When’s the last time you talked to AARO?Key Gillibrand:“Supposed to have another briefing,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand exclusively told Ask a Pol.“And they’re supposed to give us an update. I don’t know when — it’s on the schedule, though. I would have thought I would have had it.”Caught our ear:Ask a Pol UAP informs Gillibrand that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act — which she’s been a sponsor of in previous years — was included in the House NDAA for the first time.“Good,” Gillibrand tells us. “Wait — is it not in our version?”ICYMI — 2nd Senator to learn UAPDA’s fate from Ask a PolBelow find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (8-7-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo peeks his head outside of the Capitol to see if any Senators are getting dropped off at the historic Carriage Entrance. Within seconds, the first people he runs into are Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and an aide. Gillibrand stops right in front of the Capitol’s entrance, so they end up blocking some senatorial foot traffic...Matt Laslo: “When’s the last time you talked to AARO?”Kirsten Gillibrand: “Supposed to have another briefing.”Laslo: “Yeah?”Gillibrand: “And they’re supposed to give us an update. I don’t know when — it’s on the schedule, though. I would have thought I would have had it.”Gillibrand’s schedule — nothing public yet*Laslo: “Kind of updating you now that they’ve released the four tranches of [UFO] files?”Laslo: “And now that you have a new [AARO] head.”Gillibrand: “Yeah?”Laslo: “And just to hear what they’ve seen, you know, what they’ve seen, what they found.”Laslo: “Do you — did you know that Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act was included in the House NDAA for the first time?”Gillibrand: “Oh, no. Good.”Laslo: “Congressman Burlison...”Gillibrand: “Wait — is it not in our version?”Laslo: “I don’t believe so. I’ll look into it.”Gillibrand: “But [Senator Mike] Rounds was telling me the problem’s always been with the House...”Sen. Tim Sheehy and an aide are about to enter the US Capitol when Gillibrand stops Sheehy to discuss a bipartisan measure they’re collaborating on.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Original sponsor, UAP Disclosure ActAsk a Pol asks:Did you hear Rep. Eric Burlison got your UAP Disclosure Act with Sen. Chuck Schumer included in the NDAA — National Defense Authorization Act — over in the House of Representatives?Key Rounds:“No, I hadn’t heard that,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP — before adding, “Well, if it is, it’s old news.”**ICYMI — Senate Dems are blocking NDAA over IranWelp. Consider a paid subscription ASAP!Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App…or just buy the team a beer!Caught our ear:Have you looked at any of the newly declassified “UFO files” the Pentagon’s been releasing yet?“We’ve been busy on other stuff,” Rounds tells us. “No.”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 (8-6-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo recorded Sen. Mike Rounds updating reporters on a host of issues — from government funding to a stalled crypto measure — but Laslo left the scrum early when the staffer’s aides boarded a Senators Only elevator.Laslo slips onto a different elevator and rushes to the 2nd floor of the US Capitol, just off the Senate floor. When the Senator and his aides finally arrive, Laslo’s waiting outside their elevator.Mike Rounds: “Hey, you’re quick!”Rounds laughs.Matt Laslo: “Did you hear [Rep. Eric] Burlison got your UAP Disclosure Act with [Senate minority Leader Chuck] Schumer included in the NDAA over there [in the US House]?”Rounds: “No, I hadn’t heard that.”ICYMI — Burlison’s announcement (July 22, 2026)Laslo: “You hadn’t?”Rounds: “Well, if it is, it’s old news.”Laslo: “Oh yeah? But with the NDAA do you think you guys would be able to keep that in?”Rounds: “I hope so. I hope so. I think we’ve done everything we can to keep it in the right, you know, with the right approach. And once again, I’m just concerned that we do this in such a fashion that we don’t release anything which would be considered to be any breach of security in terms of the other projects that we work on regularly.”Laslo: “Have you talked to AARO at all — those folks — since the Pentagon started releasing stuff?”Rounds: “No, I have not.”Laslo: “No?”Rounds: “I have not.”Laslo: “Have you looked at the UFO files yet?”Rounds: “We’ve been busy on other stuff.”Laslo: “Yeah?”Laslo: “Have you looked at what the Pentagon’s been releasing?”Rounds: “No.”Laslo: “No?”Another congressional reporter steps in.Other Reporter: “Senator, has there been any movement on…”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) — Ranking Member, House Intelligence CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Have you looked at any of these UFO files the Pentagon’s been dropping?Key Himes:“I think I’ve looked at what I understand to be almost all of the compartments that, you know, are relevant, but I’m not current on what the [Defense] Department has been doing lately,” Rep. Jim Himes exclusively tells Ask a Pol Politics.They’ve released four batches of recently declassified UFO videos and documentation that are new to the rest of us. But that hasn’t really gotten on your radar?”“Not really,” Himes says. “I haven’t been tracking it, but I’ll take a look.”UAPDA — UAP Disclosure Act marches on (for now…)Have you heard about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act getting included in the House-passed version of the NDAA?“Yeah, no, I can’t remember,” Himes replies. “I’ll take your word for it.”But the UAPDA didn’t come up in NDAA talks in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — or HPSCI?“Didn’t come up in Intelligence, no,” Himes says. “We were really focused on the IAA [Intelligence Authorization Act].”Find us on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, etc.Or just buy the team a beer!Caught our ear:“Uh, oh,” Himes quips to Laslo. “I thought I was gonna get out of here without some question about UFOs or whatever, psilocybin.”ICYMI — Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jim Himes (7-23-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Rep. Jim Himes as he’s walking from the US Capitol to his office across the street.Matt Laslo: “Mr. Himes.”Jim Himes: “Uh, oh — I thought I was gonna get out of here without some question about UFOs or whatever, psilocybin.”Laslo: “Watch out now, I’m going to put you on video.”*GRRR — Laslo’s phone was out of storage the last day the House of Representatives was in session until September. We’re still not over it. First and last time that happens.Laslo: “Have you looked at any of these files? The ‘UFO files’ that the Pentagon’s been dropping?”Himes: “I think I’ve looked at what I understand to be almost all of the compartments that, you know, are relevant, but I’m, I’m not current on what the department has been doing lately.”Laslo: “They’ve released like four batches of videos, some that are new — well, new to the rest of us, I guess, a lot of them are declassified, but that hasn’t really gotten on your radar?”Himes: “Not really. I haven’t been tracking it, but I’ll take a look.”Laslo: “Have you heard about the UAP Disclosure Act? I guess it got included in the NDAA here.”Congressman Himes gets a message on his phone.Himes: “Sorry.”The Congressman answers a text from an aide before slipping his phone into his pocket.Himes: “Yeah, no, I can’t, I can’t remember.”Laslo: “Yeah? It wasn’t really debated.”Himes: “I’ll take your word, I’ll take your word for it.”Laslo: “But I guess — but it didn’t come up?”Himes: “Didn’t come up in Intelligence, no. We were, we were really focused on the IAA.”Laslo: “Yeah?”Himes: “Which we’ll hopefully tag on to the NDAA.”Laslo: “What’s that?”Himes: “What’s that?”Laslo: “What’s the IAA?”Himes: “The Intelligence Authorization Act.”Laslo: “Oh, that’s right. That’s right.”Himes: “Yeah.”Laslo: “The one I’m never allowed to hear about.”Himes: “No, no, you can you can see. You can’t see the classified annex.”They laugh.Laslo: “Yeah?”Himes: “Sorry about that.”Laslo: “I can’t see the fun stuff!”Himes: “But you can see most of it.”Laslo: “Hey, have a good August.”Himes: “Alright, take care — you too.”Laslo passes some Capitol Police officers.Laslo: “Have a good one, man.”A Congresswoman waves to Laslo from the passenger seat of her aide’s car.Laslo: “Have a good August.”Laslo crosses the street back to the Capitol.LAST WEEK before August recess — what should we be asking US Senators?About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus; OversightAsk a Pol asksWhat’s happening with the UFO files?Key Burchett“Yeah … it is the ‘deep state.’ I think they realize what we’ve encountered.”Can you spare $5 to help a struggling startup out?Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, etc.Or just buy the team a beer.Caught our ear“We’ve had enough hearings. We just need disclosure.”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 (7-23-2026)SCENE: After members of the US House of Representatives cast their last votes Thursday — the last votes the chamber is scheduled to take until September! — chaos descended on the Capitol steps. Aides sat idling in cars as many confused lawmakers were heard on their cells trying to figure out where their taxpayer-funded chauffeurs were so they could rush to the closest airport. All the while, the congressional press corps frantically chased lawmakers as they locked in the final interviews they need for their annual August recess features that need to hold as smart, forward-looking pieces despite Congress being MIA.Matt Laslo: How much are you guys talking with Stephen Miller these days?Tim Burchett: Regularly, yeah. He’s running into problems, though. The deep state’s blocking a lot of this stuff that the President’s trying to get to. Laslo: How do you get past that?Burchett: Well, there’s some legislation that moved on some whistleblower stuff that was in one of the bills…ICYMI — The US House passed the “Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act” this July Burchett: “…so, I hope maybe that’ll help clear up a lot of it. But it’s a fistfight. It’s been that way since 1947, and we’re not going to do it overnight.Laslo: Does [Miller] now get [President] Trump at the table a little bit more in these [UFO disclosure] talks?Burchett: Oh, he’s in it. He’s in it, but he’s the one that’s being denied. I mean, the deep state is real and it crosses party lines, and it’s crooked as a dog’s leg.What should we ask your US Senator?About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Stephen Miller — White House Deputy Chief of Staff for policy and Homeland Security AdvisorSCENE:Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo bumped into White House Deputy Chief of Staff for policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller who dropped by the US Capitol with his wife, children and large security detail this week.Ask a Pol asks:How’s UAP disclosure going?Key Miller:“Hmm,” Miller smirks.Find Ask a Pol on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, etc.Can you spare $5 to help us stay afloat?Or just buy the team a beer!WATCH: Full video on YouTube**of note, especially to aspiring journalists: the herd of congressional reporters and photographers stay grouped together, but Laslo positions himself between Miller and the Capitol entrance. While we didn’t get an answer, Ask a Pol was the only outlet to get a question in.What should we ask Congress next?About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Oversight & Government Reform Committee; Task Force on the Declassification of Federal SecretsAsk a Pol asks:Are you worried the Senate is going to try to strip the UAP Disclosure Act out of the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA]?Key Burlison:“I am,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “The public has to fight to keep it in.”ICYMI — Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!Caught our ear:“Diligence,” Burlison tells us. “Diligence, and like absolute relentlessness.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (7-23-2026)SCENE: After a quick interview with TMZ, Rep. Eric Burlison’s rushing up the US Capitol steps to cast his last votes before the US House left Washington for its monthslong summer recess.While Burlison asks to do the interview later,* Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo peppers the second-term Congressman with some quick questions on how he got the UAP Disclosure Act included in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA.*FEW: Laslo didn’t see Burlison in hectic start of summer for the US House of Representatives after the vote series.Eric Burlison: “I have to go vote. I don’t want to miss this.”TMZ: “Okay, go go vote. Go vote. Thank you, sir.”Matt Laslo: “Wait, real quick. You got the UAPDA…?”Eric Burlison: “Can I talk on the way back?”Matt Laslo: “But you got the UAPDA…?”Eric Burlison: “I know.”Matt Laslo: “…in there?”Eric Burlison: “High five.”Laslo awkwardly laughs and waves his notepad at Burlison’s hand.Matt Laslo: “How’d you do that?”Eric Burlison: “Diligence. Diligence, and like absolute relentlessness.”Matt Laslo: “Yeah?”Eric Burlison: “And so, it’s a longer story. I’ll tell you later.”Matt Laslo: “Are you worried the Senate’s going to try to strip it out?”Eric Burlison: “I am. They — the public has to fight to keep it in.”Matt Laslo: “Yeah?”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Visit Ask a Pol UAP ~ asking your lawmakers your questions at your US Capitol ~ Let us know what to ask next!In our latest episode:Who?Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — Senate Minority LeaderAsk a Pol asks:Have you been able to check out any of these Pentagon UFO files?Key Schumer:“Yeah, no,” Sen. Chuck Schumer exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. Asked if we’ll see his UAP Disclosure Act: “Hope so.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) — fmr. NASA astronaut, US Navy combat pilotPSA:Congress is out; interview predates 4th UFO file dumpAsk a Pol asks:Is there anything in these Pentagon UFO disclosure files that’s moving your staff or you on this?Key Kelly:“No. No. No,” Sen. Mark Kelly exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “The only compelling thing I’ve ever seen — you can go online and find the 60 Minutes interview with the guy who’s the squadron F-18 squadron commander, and the wingman. That is hard to explain.”Caught our ear:“It’d be good if we had more information,” Kelly told us. Asked whether he thinks it’s adversaries with advanced tech, Kelly said: “No idea. No idea.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Kelly (6-10-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Sen. Mark Kelly — a former NASA astronaut and Navy combat pilot — at the Capitol to get his read on the Pentagon’s latest UFO disclosure files.Matt Laslo: “You know, one of these — the UFO disclosure stuff — I had my [staff] print out all the UFO files. We have them in binders, so people can look through them. There’s some interesting stuff in there. Drawings of aliens. Is there anything that’s moving your staff or you on this?”Sen. Mark Kelly: “No. No. No.”Laslo: “Yeah?”Kelly: “But, you know, I’ve been in meetings about this.”Laslo: “Yeah.”Kelly: “The only compelling thing I’ve ever seen — and you can go online and find the 60 Minutes interview with the guy who’s the squadron F-18 squadron commander—”Laslo: “Yeah, yeah.”Kelly: “—and the wingman. That is hard to explain.”Laslo: “Yeah.”Kelly: “And I just don’t — I mean, it’d be good if we had more information.”Laslo: “Do you think it’s adversaries with advanced tech?”Kelly: “No idea. No idea. I’ll tell you what — he doesn’t think it is.”Laslo: “Yeah.”Kelly: “’Cause I’ve talked to that guy a couple times.”Laslo: “Oh, yeah?”Kelly: “And that MD who thinks it’s somewhere else. But, okay.”Laslo: “Great. Have a good one, sir.”What should we ask Congress next?About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — former Member, House Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Have you had time to look at these UFO or UAP files the Pentagon’s been dropping?Key AOC:“I’m not on the committee of jurisdiction. I’ve moved off of Oversight,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “When you’re not on the committee of jurisdiction, they don’t tell us when these things go out.”“It reminds me when they first released the Epstein files, and they were just like binders with nothing in them,” AOC told Ask a Pol UAP in a separate exchange on June 2, 2026.Caught our ear:“If you try to see these for yourself, they give you a hard time. They’re like, ‘why do you want to see this?’” AOC tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interviews with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (6-25-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Capitol and asks whether she’s had a chance to review the latest Pentagon UAP file releases — only to learn she’s since lost access after leaving the Oversight Committee.Matt Laslo: “Have you had time to look at these UFO or UAP files?”Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “I have to. Are they in the SCIF?”Laslo: “No, they’ve just been dropping them.”AOC: “I shouldn’t be asking you this. I shouldn’t know.”Laslo: “Pentagon dropped three different batches of them. Is it less interesting to you now?”AOC: “No, it’s not that. It’s that I’m not on the committee of jurisdiction. I’ve moved off of Oversight. So what also happens is that when you’re not on the committee of jurisdiction, they don’t tell us when these things go out. And if you’re not on the committee of jurisdiction and you try to see them for yourself, they give you a hard time. They’re like, ‘why do you want to see this?’”Laslo: “That’s a decent excuse.”AOC: “Have a good one.”TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (6-2-2026)SCENE: In a shorter exchange weeks earlier, Laslo asks AOC for her take on the substance of the Pentagon’s UAP disclosures — and she draws an unexpected comparison.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “It reminds me when they first released the Epstein files, and they were just like binders with nothing in them.”Matt Laslo: “Right.”What should we ask Congress next?Join Matt Laslo’s subscriber chat -- Available in the Substack app and on webAbout Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Original sponsor, UAP Disclosure ActLISTEN: Laslo & RoundsAsk a Pol asks:If the White House is moving on UAP disclosure on its own, do you guys still need your bill?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.”ICYMI — Update: Networks still attacking us - Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy the team a beer!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 tells 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 — a key co-sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — is moving through the Capitol on June 10 when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches him for a quick but substantive exchange on whether the senator’s landmark disclosure bill is still necessary now that the White House has begun moving on UAP release on its own.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.”Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy the team a beer!About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

The nation’s TV Networks are blocking me from training a summer intern for the first time since 2012. And they still won’t credential my 7 veteran team members.I’ve now sent a personal letter to the Speaker, Minority Leader, Senate Leaders and each member of the Senate Rules Committee, begging them to intervene.My Bureau, The LCB, has provided clips, W-9s, proof of payments, etc. — yet nothing has been good enough to appease Senate Radio-TV Gallery Director Mike Mastrian and Executive Committee Chair Nate Reed of Scripps (a streaming service).Please, someone, help!- LasloPS - below find a link to some of what’s cited in the video.ICYMI — something’s off at RTCA This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Visit Ask a Pol UAP ~ asking your lawmakers your questions at your US Capitol ~ Let us know what to ask next!In our latest episode:Who? Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO)Ask a Pol asks: UAPDA — is that still needed or not at this point?Key Burlison: “Oh, yes, absolutely. We’re going to keep trying to get that,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “We’re in fact working on it right now, trying to get that on the bill.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) — Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight CommitteeLISTEN: Laslo & MoskowitzAsk a Pol asks:What are the next steps after today’s UAP presser at the US Capitol?Key Moskowitz:“We just got to keep talking about it and keep putting pressure on certain committees and the administration, obviously, to continue releasing files and releasing information, as well as providing whistleblower protection to folks in our military, airline pilots, things of that nature,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP.Caught our ear:Does the White House get it? “I think they get the whistleblower protection and the immunity piece,” Moskowitz tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol‘s exclusive interview with Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (6-9-2026)SCENE: As today’s UAP press conference broke up on Capitol Hill, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo caught up with Rep. Jared Moskowitz as he made his way to the House of Representatives to vote…Matt Laslo: “So, what’s next?”Rep. Jared Moskowitz: “Well, we just got to keep talking about it and keep putting pressure on certain committees and the administration, obviously, to continue releasing files and releasing information, as well as providing whistleblower protection — whistleblower protection to folks in our military, airline pilots, things of that nature.”Laslo: “Do you think the White House gets that? Do you need them on board further?”Moskowitz: “I think they get the whistleblower protection and the immunity piece.”Another reporter slides in with their own (non-UAP) questions. Laslo: “Thank you!”Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol UAP asks:We’ve had enough hearings — what’s actually standing in the way of disclosure?Key Burchett:“We’ve had enough hearings. We just need disclosure,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.How much are you talking to the White House on this?“Every day, pretty much here this week,” Burchett says. “People that want to give it — and it is the ‘deep state.’ I think they realize what we’ve encountered. And it is so deep. Like I told the president, it’s like layers of the onion.”PSA: We’re depressed, fam…The nation’s TV networks are warring with our founder, Matt Laslo and his wire service, The LCB, which is where Ask a Pol’s gets its access to the Capitol.It’s cost us and our sister new media outlets tens of thousands of dollars. If you can chip anything in, it’d mean the world to us.Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy the team a beer!Caught our ear:Why not finally do a hearing on the underwater stuff?“You got one guy that’ll come in and talk about it,” Burchett tells us. “We need more than that.”Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

In our latest episode — House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) tells Ask a Pol UAP that a classified UAP briefing he attended had “some things that are eye-opening” — but won’t go further. When pressed on whether Americans deserve the same information, he says, “some things you still don’t know all the answers.” Asked directly: adversary or extraterrestrial? “You can’t discuss what happens in the classified briefing.”Who?Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) — Majority Leader, US House of RepresentativesAsk a Pol asks:Rep. Burchett says you had a classified UAP briefing — was it eye-opening?Key Scalise:“We had a classified briefing that some of us went to. Obviously, you can’t talk about what was discussed at the briefing,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP.But was it eye-opening?“Whenever you go to a briefing like that, there’s some things you see that are eye opening,” Scalise said. “And that’s about as far as I’ll go.”Caught our ear:Would you be okay with the American people getting that same information?“You don’t know certain things — or some things you can kind of get some idea of what’s going on,” Scalise tells us. “Some things you still don’t know all the answers. That feeling. I’ll just leave it at that.”TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Steve Scalise (4-28-2026)SCENE: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is making his way through the Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo — tipped off by Rep. Tim Burchett — catches the No. 2 House Republican for a rare on-the-record reaction to a classified UAP briefing.Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy the team a beer!Matt Laslo: “Hey, how are you, sir?”Rep. Steve Scalise: “Good.”Laslo: “What I hear from Congressman Burchett is that you had a briefing on UAP?”Scalise: “Well, we had a classified briefing that some of us went to. Obviously, you can’t talk about what was discussed at the briefing.”Laslo: “Was it eye-opening?”Scalise: “Well, you know, whenever you go to a briefing like that, there’s some things you see that are eye-opening — and that’s about as far as I’ll go.”Laslo: “Was it outside of our reach?”Scalise: “Well, I mean, I’m not going to get into that.”Laslo: “Would you be okay with the American people getting that same information?”Scalise: “Obviously, you know, you don’t know certain things — or some things you can kind of get some idea of what’s going on. Some things you still don’t know all the answers. That feeling. I’ll just leave it at that.”Laslo: “Were they an adversary or extraterrestrial?”Scalise: “You can’t discuss what happens in the classified briefing.”Laslo: “I got to try. Thank you, sir.”Scalise: “Yeah.”Laslo: “How are you? See you.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) — Member, House Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Have you had any conversations about these missing scientists?Key Grothman:“I talked to Mr. Comer about it and we’re going to do things,” Rep. Glenn Grothman exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “He’s very, very conscious of it, so we’re going to take care of it.”Is it just strange?“Very strange,” Grothman said. “We got to have a hearing.”Caught our ear:“I don’t know whether it’ll be full or what it is or behind the scenes,” Grothman tells us. “I don’t know, but we’re going to do something.”Is this bigger than the secret UAP task force?“I think bigger than them,” Grothman said.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol‘s exclusive interview with Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Glenn Grothman (4-22-2026)SCENE: Rep. Glenn Grothman, a member of the House Oversight Committee, is moving through the Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo asks him about the 11 missing scientists — and whether Congress is ready to investigate.Matt Laslo: “Have you had any conversations about these missing scientists?”Rep. Glenn Grothman: “Oh, that’s a good question to ask. I talked to Mr. Comer about it and we’re going to do things.”Laslo: “Is that going to be a full Oversight hearing, maybe?”Grothman: “I don’t know whether it’ll be full or what it is or behind the scenes. I don’t know, but we’re going to do something. He’s very, very conscious of it, so we’re going to take care of it.”Laslo: “Yeah, what are you guys hearing on it? Like, it’s just strange, right?”Grothman: “Very strange. We got to have a hearing.”Laslo: “Yeah.”Grothman: “We want to — priority.”Laslo: “Would you trust the secret task force with that, or is this bigger than them?”Grothman: “I think bigger than them.”Laslo: “Yeah. Appreciate you.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Visit Ask a Pol ~ asking your lawmakers your questions at your US Capitol ~ Let us know what to ask next!In our latest episode — Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) tells Ask a Pol UAP that intelligence community sources say they’re gathering UAP videos for a congressional presentation — but may not release them publicly. He says he’s “totally dubious” Trump will follow through, adds “I don’t trust this town at all,” but insists it’s still worth fighting for. He also says the 11 missing scientists have a clear “overlap” and “connection” to UAP — and deserve investigation regardless.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Visit Ask a Pol ~ asking your lawmakers your questions at your US Capitol ~ Let us know what to ask next!In this episode, Rep. Eric Burlison tells Ask a Pol UAP that his inside sources confirm the Trump administration is fully engaged on the missing scientists investigation and the FBI is involved. But he cautions that not all cases lumped together by the press are actually connected — while specifically flagging General McCasland's disappearance as worth a closer look. On a hearing: “We’ll try.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, House Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Are you thinking about holding hearings into the 11 missing scientists?Key Comer:“I don’t want to create a big spectacle if there's nothing there," Comer tells us. About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)Ask a Pol asks:What was this week’s SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility — briefing on?Key Burchett:“It’s in SCIF, dude, I can’t tell you,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.Was it on UAP?“Oh, yeah,” Burchett says. “I was in one last week and it was…pretty intense, and I’m hoping they’ll get some more to some more members...”Full video of interview & transcript at Ask a Pol UAP on Substack. About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

In our latest episode — Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) tells Ask a Pol UAP he got word the night before that the FBI may finally begin looking into the 11 missing scientists. Though Burchett tells us he's no fan of aliens.gov: “I just want the president to release it. I get worried when they start talking about websites and stuff.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Ask a Pol asks:Curious if your delegation has ever gotten an answer on the “drone” incursions over New Jersey?Key Kim:“I personally have not gotten any satisfying response, because I feel like I keep hearing different things,” New Jersey US Senator Andy Kim exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.“I hear from, you know, FAA side, there’s nothing to see — that it was just a lot of public hysteria. But then like, I don’t know, I saw a videotape of this one company talking about how they were doing some drone testing and they were responsible for some of it. And I’m just like, ‘What is this,’ you know?”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Co-chair, UAP CaucusAsk a Pol asks:What do you make of Vice President JD Vance saying that the extraterrestrial might be demons? Key Luna:“That’s JD’s opinion,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “If you’re looking at it through a religious perspective, that’s pretty in line.” About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; co-author, UAP Disclosure ActAsk a Pol asks:Remember that former Congressman Matt Gaetz? Well, he’s out there saying he was briefed by a military guy who claimed that there was like a human-alien hybrid program…Key Rounds:“A what?” the senior member of the powerful Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees says.“I don’t f***ing know, sir,” Laslo replies.Rounds laughs.But basically, humans and aliens being, like, bred together by the government. What do you make of that?“That’s a new one on me,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.That’s someone through your party.Rounds laughs.“Well, I don’t think they’re part of the Congress anymore,” Rounds says. “Maybe there’s a reason for that.”Full video of interview & transcript at Ask a Pol UAP on Substack. About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)Ask a Pol asks:So you guys are going to get a briefing now from the Pentagon?Key Luna:“I requested documents and so if we have to subpoena the documents, we will,” Rep. Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.Caught our ear:“So people at the Pentagon you’re trying to be cute and it’s not going to work,” Luna tells us. “And we’re not asking for briefing, we’re asking for the documents.”TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna SCENE: As Rep. Anna Paulina Luna was talking UAP transparency at the Capitol, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo asked whether lawmakers were getting a Pentagon briefing or whether this standoff is now about documents — and possible subpoenas.Matt Laslo: “So you guys are going to get a briefing now from the Pentagon?”Rep. Luna: “No, I haven’t requested a briefing. I requested documents and so if we have to subpoena the documents, we will. And whoever at the Pentagon decided to not pass our letter, at least some and acting that they get fired. I have a very clear understanding of the directive, not just for the president, but also understand that Hegseth is in line with the president on all this policy, assume through this one. So we’ll be getting the doc it’s just fictitious show. The crap that we have to deal with. to getting straight to the point.”Laslo: “Have you reached out to Hegseth personally or?”Luna: “I have his number. I reached out to the White House directly. I am going to be calling if I start getting pushed back. But I don’t act that you wasn’t like, don’t give those documents over. So people at the Pentagon you’re trying to be cute and it’s not going to work. And we’re not asking for briefing, we’re asking for the documents.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) — Congressional UAP CaucusAbout Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Ask a Pol asks:What do you make of the chatter that the CIA might be the ones blocking your UAP investigation? Key Luna:“No, I don’t think the CIA is blocking it, because — you read the directive — we’ve been working and having conversations with all the powers that be,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I think it’s lower level.” About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP CaucusKey Burchett:On why the UAP Caucus has been more outspoken lately:“We’re just frustrated, brother. We’re just frustrated.”On whether full disclosure is actually coming:“I really don’t think they’re going to give us everything. I think they’re going to try to hide it... all they’re going to do is hide something under national security — and that’s what they always do.”On his conversation with President Trump the morning of the State of the Union:“I told him, look, it’s so many levels of this thing — you got to peel back that onion. I said we need to get to the bottom of it. He was very receptive.”On his bill to abolish AARO:“I’m tired of restructuring government. We just end up with the same dad-gum thing every time. I just want to do away with it.”Caught our ear:On the FBI’s UAP office:“I don’t trust the FBI to do anything.”On his personal safety disclaimer:“I always say I’m not suicidal. My wife says, ‘Why do you always say that?’ I say because it’s insurance, honey.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol UAP’s exclusive phone interview with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-10-2026)SCENE: Congress is still off for their two week Easter recess, so Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo called UAP Caucus Co-chair Rep. Tim Burchett by phone for a candid check-in on all things UAP — from a new bill to blow up AARO, to missing scientists, to details of his UFO conversation with President Donald Trump…Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.Matt Laslo: Hey, how you livin’?Rep. Tim Burchett: I’m just living the dream. I got this inner ear problem so I’m having trouble hearing. Hang on, let me turn the volume up here. I’ll put it in my good ear. What’s up?Laslo: I was just wondering if you had a minute. There’s been so much news these past week or so.Burchett: Crazy, man. Matt Gaetz — when he said what he said, you know, he didn’t say that they’re interbreeding with aliens, but he did say that he was briefed on it and it was a military guy. And I remember — we get briefed on this stuff individually. People come up and tell you stuff and people want to meet with you and you always do. And of course he represented one of the biggest military installations in the country. I think he had more military people in his district than anybody in Congress. So.SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT*PSA: Student? Unemployed? Underemployed?Ping us for a free VIP subscription. No questions asked.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) — Congressional UAP Caucus; House Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol UAP asks:Is the White House registering Aliens.gov a troll move — or a genuine signal that UAP disclosure is coming?Key Ogles:“There’s been so much chatter, and there’s so many people coming forward that the administration, President Trump, just wants to lay a baseline and he wants to be honest with it,” Rep. Andy Ogles exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “He likes to break the mold, right? And so being the guy that revealed the truth — whatever the truth is — that’d be historic, right? So, I mean, that’s exactly who President Trump is.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — Armed Services & Intelligence CommitteesAsk a Pol asks:Haven’t seen you since the president’s announcement. What do you make of him saying he wants to open up the UFO files?Key Gillibrand:“I think it’s great. It’s good for a good step in the right direction,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand exclusively tells Ask a Pol.Find us on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, etc. Or just buy the team a beer!Caught our ear:“I tweeted back at him. Great, let’s work on this together,” Gillibrand tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and a staffer, slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (3-11-2026)SCENE: Ask aPol’s Matt Laslo is staking out the US Capitol’s historic Senate Carriage Entrance — where horses and buggies used to drop off Senators of old — when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and a senior aide walk up so she can vote on the Senate floor.Matt Laslo: “Haven’t seen you since the President’s announcement.”Kirsten Gillibrand: “We’re here every day!”ML: “What do you make of him saying he wants to open up the UFO files?”KG: “I think it’s great. It’s a good — great step in the right direction.”Gillibrand Staffer: “But it’s redundant, because we already passed it in the NDAA and that stuff has to be public.”ML: “But is AARO going to be part of that?”KG: “I don’t know.”Gillibrand shrugs.KG: “I don’t know what he meant, so I’m gonna…”ML: “Does anyone?”KG: “I tweeted back at him, ‘Great, let’s work on this together, though!’”Gillibrand Staffer: “He was just talking out of his ass.”ML: “No word?”KG: “No.”Gillibrand Staffer: “He was just talking out of his ass. NDAA already did it.”Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s…About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Ask a Pol asks: Do you have any idea what the mysterious craft were that reportedly surveilled Louisiana’s Barksdale Air Force Base? Key Cassidy:“No, I don’t,” Sen. Bill Cassidy exclusively tells Ask a pol UAP. “I don’t.Do you feel like the Pentagon has a grasp on what intruded the airspace?“I don’t know,” Cassidy says. “Let me check on that. I mean, it’s important for me to know. I’ll try and figure that out.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Senate Intel & Armed Services CommitteesSCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Sen. Mike Rounds walking through the US Capitol’s basement alone, so he proceeds to join the Senator as he rides one of the Senate’s underground trams from the Capitol to the Senate Office Buildings across the street.Matt Laslo: “Talking about one of your colleagues in the House — Rep. Burlison. He said he’s looking to maybe revive your measure with Schumer, the UAP Disclosure Act. Did you talk to Schumer about it at all?”Sen. Mike Rounds: “I have not.”ML: “So NDAA talks haven’t really sparked yet?”MR: “We’re working NDAA stuff now. This is one — I would like to see some language in it to move this thing along a little bit.”ML: “I’m curious if you guys now have an ally with the White House.”MR: “Yeah. I hope we do. The issue last time was the House and their concerns. We have to work with the House to allay the concerns they may have. And I have the same concerns — I don’t want to release anything that’s vital for our national security. I want to have it done correctly, so that we don’t give out any information that would otherwise endanger any of our classified programs.”ML: “Have the conversations changed in the last couple of years?”MR: “No, I don’t think so.”ML: “Is that disheartening?”MR: “No, it’s just — there are so many other things going on. I think folks are focused on other issues. We’ve got a war. We’ve got the challenges right now with part of government being shut down. It’s been frustrating — we’ve had this multiple times since October. But I think that’s where people have been focused.”ML: “Why go on recess if DHS is shut down?”MR: “I don’t know that we can. The challenge we’ve got is right now our Democratic colleagues continue to demand things they know we can’t do. I thought we had a pretty good deal going last night. I thought there was a good opportunity for them to come around on it. But some of the demands they’re making now simply don’t work.”ML: “Feel like they’re moving the goal posts?”MR: “I don’t know if they’re moving the goal posts — I always hate to say that — but I’m not sure they had laid out a goal post in the first place. Their demands have been rather nebulous. It’s probably gotten worse, not better. That doesn’t reflect what a number of the individual members have talked to us about. We’ve got a couple more days before the plan to break — hopefully jet fumes will help move things along.”ML: “I’ll be watching. I think they’re terrified of their progressive base.”MR: “You’ve hit it on the head.”ML: “Have a good one, sir.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Oversight Committee & Secrets Task ForceAsk a Pol asks:The annual NDAA — or National Defense Authorization Act — season’s coming soon. Do you think there might be more support for something like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Mike Rounds’ UAP Disclosure Act this time around?Key Burlison:“I do,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “The time that I spent [last year] talking to these Committee Chairs in both the House and Senate has at least loosened the soil. So I think that’ll give me an opportunity when I go back and have the conversation, it’s not going to be a fresh topic to them.”Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer! Caught our ear:Especially now with the White House on board?“Yes,” Burlison tells us. “What we’re trying to do right now is, I’m trying to work with the White House on the language and say, ‘Look, based on what you’re planning to do — does this* dovetail in with your goals for release?’ and ‘What kind of real mechanisms do we need to put in place to operationalize this disclosure?’”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol‘s exclusive interview with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric BurlisonSCENE: After casting his vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives, Rep. Eric Burlison's walking back to his office across the street when Ask a Pol's Matt Laslo catches up with him.Matt Laslo: “NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] season’s coming — do you think there might be more support for something like the UAP Disclosure Act this time around?”Rep. Eric Burlison: “I do.”ML: “Are you planning to offer it?”EB: “The time that I spent talking to these committee chairs in both the House and Senate has at least loosened the soil. So I think that’ll give me an opportunity — when I go back and have the conversation, it’s not going to be a fresh topic to them.”ML: “Especially now with the White House on board, you’re seeing…?”EB: “Yes. What we’re trying to do right now is I’m trying to work with the White House on the language and say: look, based on what you’re planning to do — does this dovetail in with your goals for release, and what kind of real mechanisms do we need to put in place to operationalize this disclosure?”ML: “And have you talked with UAP Disclosure Act sponsors Sens. Rounds and Schumer yet — or too early for that?”EB: “No. Thank you.”ML: “Preciate ya.”About Ask a Pol:We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — House Oversight Committee and Secrets Task ForceAsk a Pol asks:Has Trump’s UAP announcement changed things on Capitol Hill — and inside the intelligence community?Key Burlison:“[President Donald Trump’s] Truth, or tweet, if you will, has actually had an impact. I’ve seen a dedicated — like a lot of energy dedicated to this topic that has not been dedicated before,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAPs.Caught our ear:“Barry Goldwater* requested to go to see some of these military bases and was turned down. So I’m really taking note of the fact that this may be further than a lot of people have ever got,” Burlison tells us.*Barry Goldwater was the Republican Party’s presidential nominee in 1964 and also a major general in the Air Force Reserve. He was succeeded in the US Senate by John McCain.Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric BurlisonSCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo walks with Rep. Eric Burlison from the steps of the US Capitol to his office across the street.Matt Laslo: “Are you guys in communication with the administration since Trump’s announcement?”Rep. Eric Burlison: “I have been in communication with certain aspects of the administration. And what I can say is that that Truth, or tweet, if you will, has actually had an impact. I’ve seen a dedicated — like a lot of energy dedicated to this topic that has not been dedicated before.”ML: “Is it making other members take it more seriously now?”PSA: Student? Unemployed? Underemployed? Ping us for a free VIP subscription. No questions asked.EB: “I know that the intelligence community is definitely taking it more seriously. And it’s been great — as these accounts have happened, as more and more videos come out, it’s a growing sentiment that this is no longer a goofy topic. This is no longer just a conspiracy. There’s something there, there. And so the question — I think where we’re all at is: what is it that we’re seeing?”ML: “Are you guys still in dialogue with that FBI UFO office?”EB: “In my role, I’m always talking to the FBI in one way, shape or form on different things. But yeah, we talk to them occasionally.”ML: “Are they being helpful? Do you feel like you guys are getting access?”EB: “I think the FBI has been very helpful on this topic. And [Secrets Chair Anna Paulina] Luna has spoken out publicly about that. I think she’s probably one of their biggest fans.”ML: “When are you guys doing your CODEL? Or did you already go out last year?”EB: “So Chair Luna can’t do a CODEL because it’s a task force. But I’m a subcommittee chair in Oversight, and I’m doing a CODEL to South America — to visit with President Milei, to visit with some of the other world leaders down there. We might go to Peru, which may present an opportunity to dovetail — there’s a lot of UAP activity down in Peru — but that’s not the nature of my CODEL. My CODEL is focused on energy and regulatory reform. Now, everybody on the Task Force would be able to join my CODEL.”ML: “Wait — weren’t you guys talking about a Roswell, Area 51 trip?”EB: “Okay, so that is an ongoing thing. I’ve had my first trip — that was kind of a pilot trip. I don’t think they were used to doing this, so they were kind of figuring out the kinks.”ML: “And as you go forward?”EB: “It’s going to be a question of logistics, getting to these other locations, and then the scheduling of who can go with us.”ML: “Did Luna go with you? Or was it just solo?”EB: “It was just solo.”ML: “Did you get any resolution? Did they give you access?”EB: “I don’t want to jeopardize the rest of these trips — I’m gonna leave it at that. I’m just trying to be respectful of the fact that they’ve been — look, Barry Goldwater requested to go to see some of these military bases and was turned down. So I’m really taking note of the fact that this may be further than a lot of people have ever got.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) — Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)Ask a Pol asks:What do you make of Trump’s announcement that he’s going to open up the UFO files?Key Himes:“God bless him — takes some pressure off of me,” Rep. Jim Himes exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.Caught our ear:“Every time I say this, I get in so much trouble,” Himes tells us. "I would love the public to see what I’ve seen.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol‘s exclusive interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jim HimesSCENE: After voting on the House floor, HPSCI Ranking Member Jim Himes walks past a gaggle of congressional reporters and jokes with Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo about UFO.So Laslo stops him and gets his reaction to the administration securing aliens.gov coupled with President Donald Trump’s promise to disclose the federal government’s UFO files.Rep. Jim Himes: “We discovered the aliens…”Laslo laughs.Himes: “…turns out they were crypto bros, and we’ve got them in formaldehyde at Area not 51, Area 52.”Matt Laslo: “Wait — what’d you make of [President Donald] Trump’s announcement, though, that he’s going to open up the files? Now they got aliens.gov?”Himes: “Good. God bless him. Takes some pressure off of me.”ML: “Do you think there’s going to be no there, there?”Himes: “You know, every time I say this, I get in so much trouble...”ML: “Yeah?”Laslo laughs.Himes: “…but look, I would love the public to see what I’ve seen.”Himes laughs.ML: “Oh, yeah?”Himes walks back onto the House floor.ML: “Nice.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Member, Congressional UAP Caucus & Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Is there a group now above AARO when it comes to UAP disclosure? And has FBI Director Kash Patel opened up files for the UAP caucus?Key Burlison:“I want as many agencies investigating this topic as possible,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “We need AARO, we need the FBI. We need everybody that can investigate this to be investigated.”Caught our ear:“I don’t have a direct contact with [FBI Director Kash] Patel,” Burlison tells Ask a Pol UAP.Support Ask a Pol’s groundbreaking interactive political journalism today:We’re on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol UAP’s exclusive interview with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (3-26-2026)SCENE: Just ahead of a floor vote, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo jog-runs through a marble-clad corridor just off the floor of the US House of Representatives and catches Rep. Eric Burlison right before he walks into the chamber.Matt Laslo: Is there a group now above AARO when it comes to disclosure?Rep. Eric Burlison: Not yet.ML: But you guys want there to be. Yeah.EB: I don’t know yet.ML: Because we haven’t really heard much if anything from AARO.EB: No, I haven’t heard much from them in a while either.ML: Yeah. But it also sounds like you guys in the UAP caucus kind of left them for the FBI group. Because they just never had your heart or trust.EB: That — for me that’s not the case. I think that — look, I want as many agencies investigating this topic as possible. Because we need as many perspectives on this. And look — some are going to be a good referee on the other. So I think that — it’s my personal opinion — we need AARO, we need the FBI. We need everybody that can investigate this to be investigated.ML: Have you just talked with Patel? Like is he opening up files for you all? Luna seemed to hint at that.EB: I don’t have a direct contact with Patel.ML: Me neither. Yeah. Appreciate it.EB: Thank you, ma’am.Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. Generative AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP CaucusAsk a Pol asks:What’s up with aliens.gov?Key Burchett:“President says he’s going to put it out, so he hasn’t lied to me yet,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.Caught our ear:“I hope they don’t get to him and make him pull back,” Burchett tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol UAP’s exclusive interview with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (3-19-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo snags Rep. Tim Burchett for a quick interview as he walks up the steps of the US Capitol on his way to the House floor.Rep. Tim Burchett: “Hey Dave, what’s up?”Matt Laslo: “What’s up with aliens.gov?”Burchett: “I don’t really think about—oh, the president’s deal?”Laslo: “Yeah.”Burchett: “Yeah, I hope it’s—I hope it’s going to happen. I hope they don’t get to him and make him pull back. That’s what’s happened in the past. That’s what’s happened with every report that they’ve had. They said they’re going to bring it out and then they don’t. I hope—I talked to the president about it. I hope we get an answer.”Laslo: “Do you think—have you gotten signs from the administration or the president that we’re going to get disclosure?”Burchett: “President says he’s going to put it out, so — he hasn’t lied to me yet.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Eric Burlison (R‑MO) — Member, Congressional UAP Caucus & Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:So what’s up with the White House securing aliens.gov?Key Burlison:“I have no idea. I have no idea,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I thought it was an interesting pick.”Caught our ear:“It could have something to do with illegal aliens,” Burlison tells us of aliens.gov. “It could be them, like, trolling us.”Support Ask a Pol’s groundbreaking interactive political journalism today:We’re on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, etc.Or just buy the team a beer!Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol UAP’s exclusive interview with Rep. Eric Burlison (R‑MO), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (3‑19‑2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo waits in the frigid wind for like half an hour as Burlison did a handful of interviews around the Capitol steps. Once he’s done and Ask a Pol has our exclusive, we proceed to cross the street with the Congressman.Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.Matt Laslo: So what’s up with this aliens.gov?Rep. Eric Burlison: I have no idea. I have no idea. I thought it was an interesting pick. Is it — do you, have you looked into it? Is it true that the White House purchased that?Laslo: It looks like it, yeah. That’s what White House spokespeople are saying.Student? Unemployed? Underemployed?Ping us for a free VIP subscription. No questions asked.Burlison: I’ve seen reporting — I don’t know firsthand. But I, I don’t — I have no idea. It could have something to do with illegal aliens. It could be them, like, trolling us...Laslo: Hell yeah.Burlison: …us UAP, you know, looking into the topic.Laslo: I mean, that’s what I’m saying. Are t‑shirts coming next?Burlison: Right. I don’t — I don’t know, Matt. I really don’t.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Armed Services & Intelligence CommitteesAsk a Pol asks:What do you make of President Donald Trump calling UFO "extremely interesting and important” as he publicly directed Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon and other federal agencies to release their UAP files?Key Rounds:“I haven’t heard anything since then either, so I’m curious to see how they approach it,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “But it’s a step in the right direction.”Ask a Pol’s popular, just unpaid…Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!Caught our ear:Are you going to be dropping the UAP Disclosure Act you co-sponsor with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as a part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)?“Good question,” Rounds says. “NDAA’s coming up again. That would be the appropriate place, but I have not talked to Senator Schumer about it.”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 (3-10-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo runs into Sen. Mike Rounds and his team right after exiting the Capitol, so he turns around and heads back through security WHILE interviewing the Senator…Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!Mike Rounds: “How you doing?”Matt Laslo: “I haven’t seen you since the President’s announcement. Were you…?”MR: “Which?”ML: “On UFO…”MR: “Oh.”ML: “…open everything up.”MR: “Yeah, I haven’t heard anything since then either, so I’m curious to see how they approach it.”ML: “Are you guys going to be…?”MR: “But it’s a step in the right direction.”ML: “Are you going to be dropping your UAP Disclosure Act?”ML: “Good question. I mean, NDAA’s coming up again. That would be the appropriate place, so...”Rounds walks past Capitol Police security checkpoint that stops Laslo.ML: “Is…?”MR: “But I have not talked to Senator Schumer about it.”ML: “No?”MR: “So…”Laslo’s mic is running as he steps through metal detector.ML: “Still early?”Rounds is facing the elevators as he rushes to vote on the 2nd floor to cast his vote.MR: “Yeah. We’re getting to that time of the year, though.”ML: “Yeah?”Rounds nods in affirmative as he enters elevator.ML: “Have a good one.”Laslo turns around and starts exiting Capitol.Capital Police officer to Laslo: “Soldier.”Let us know what to ask your lawmakers next!Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s…PSA:Student? Unemployed? Underemployed? Ping us for a free VIP subscription.No questions asked. Ever. Got you.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Member, Congressional UAP CaucusAsk a Pol UAP asks:Will President Donald Trump’s call to publicly release UFO files have any real-world impact?Key Burlison:“I’ve already talked to people in the Intel community, and it’s given them a green light to do the things that they’ve always wanted to do on this,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I think you’re going to see some things change pretty quickly.”We listened, killed our paywall and lost 26% of revenue…Consider supporting independent UAP journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App.Or just buy the team a beer!Caught our ear:“We’ll have a hearing when we need to have a hearing,” Burlison tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol UAP’s exclusive interview with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (3-5-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol UAP’s Matt Laslo catches Rep. Eric Burlison as he’s walking from his office to the US Capitol to vote.Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!Matt Laslo: “I haven’t seen you since Trump’s announcement on UAP. Like…”Rep. Eric Burlison: “It’s awesome. I think things are going to get better.”Laslo: “What…?”Burlison: “I’ve already talked to people in the Intel community, and it’s given them a green light to do the things that they’ve always wanted to do on this, so...”Laslo: “Oh, interesting.”Burlison: “I think you’re going to see some things change pretty quickly.”Laslo: “So does that put public hearing on hold?”Burlison: “We’ll have a hearing when we need to have a hearing.”Laslo’s stopped at US Capitol Police security checkpoint as Burlison enters Capitol to vote.What should we ask Congress next?Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. Generative AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus; Member, Oversight CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Since President Donald Trump called for UFO disclosure, have you reached out to anyone in the administration?Key Burchett:“Yeah, I talked to the President about it,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol.How’d that go?“Very positive,” Burchett says. “I told him we need to know. Need to release it.”PSA: Ask a Pol’s failing / failed.Readying to pull the plug in coming weeks if folks aren’t into Ask a Pol anymore.Caught our ear:“I just want him to release what I’ve seen,” Burchett tells us. “That’d be plenty for most people to handle, I think.”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 (3-5-2026)SCENE: Ahead of the last House vote of the week, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo snags Rep. Tim Burchett for this exclusive update on the Congressman’s conversation with President Donald Trump on UFOs.Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.Matt Laslo: “Look at this young man.”Rep. Tim Burchett: “Hey brother, what’s up, Laz?”ML: “Who knows? Hey, I haven’t seen you since the President’s announcement on UAP.”TB: “Yup.”ML: “What do you make of that?”TB: “I don’t know. I don’t know. I just want him to release what I’ve seen. That’d be plenty for most people to handle, I think.”ML: “Have you reached out to anyone in the administration? Like, are you guys talking to…?”TB: “Yeah, I talked to the President about it.”ML: “How’d that go?”TB: “Very positive. I told him we need to know. Need to release it.”ML: “Did you tell him where to look?”TB: “No, I think he knows. I think, there’s plenty to get to, I just, at the appropriate time, I will though.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets; Co-chair, Congressional UAP CaucusAsk a Pol asks:Since President Donald Trump’s Have there been efforts by the administration to intimidate you or other Secrets Task Force members regarding your UAP investigations?Key Luna:“No, in fact, if anything, I think there’s been actually open conversations... especially with like the base, what the American people are wanting and advocating for, there’s been absolutely zero intimidation,” Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.ICYMI — Trump’s announcementCaught our ear:“I’m looking forward to sharing what we’ve all seen,” Luna tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (2-25-2026)SCENE: After Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna casts her last vote of the week, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo waits in the wings as the Congresswoman takes questions from a handful of other outlets before Laslo catches up with her before she hops in a staffer’s awaiting car.Matt Laslo: “Are you talking to anyone in the White House on disclosure?”Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: “Yeah, yeah.”ML: “How’s that lookin’?”Luna turns away to take a non-UFO question from a congressional reporter for :24 seconds...Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.ML: “Are you talking to the Pentagon or…?”APL: “I have a meeting with the Pentagon, unrelated, today on something, but I’ve been actively communicating now with the teams that are running point on that, so whether it’s ODNI, FBI, Pentagon or the White House on that.”Luna turns and walks to awaiting car.APL: “And I’m looking forward to sharing what we’ve all seen.”ML: “Yep? I’ll be watchin.”Luna enters car.ML: “Thank you, ma’am.”Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) — former US Interior Secretary; Armed Services CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:When you were Interior Secretary, did you ever see evidence of unidentified objects — and what do you make of the Pentagon’s laser operation over El Paso?Key Zinke:“I never saw any evidence of anything that was from not from Earth,” Rep. Zinke exclusively tells Ask a Pol.Caught our ear:“An administration lied. They said they immediately saw it and they didn’t,” Zinke tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Ryan ZinkeSCENE: (NEED! — Matt Laslo will fill in from his notes)Matt Laslo: Have you caught the stuff over El Paso?RZ: No. What’s going on in El Paso?ML: So, the FAA — they like, FAA announces, boom: airspace, 10-mile range, shut down for the next 10 days.RZ: Next 10 days?ML: Next 10 days.RZ: Is there a mechanical failure of…?ML: No. Well, so, turns out — this is what CNN’s now reporting — is Pentagon has a laser. So the administration is like, “Oh, it was cartel drones, blah blah blah.” Pentagon’s got this laser that they were using to shoot down unidentified something. Could be cartel drones, could be not.RZ: I have not heard that.ML: But yeah. You used to be in the cabinet. Do you know of any space lasers?RZ: Well, I was just over in Israel and they do have a laser for incoming missiles and/or drones, high powered. So I’ve seen it. It doesn’t work on every system.ML: Yeah. It doesn’t work on ICBMs because you have to have a concentrated time. But for drones and such things, it has proven to be effective.RZ: Is that — with it being Israel — that’s probably U.S. tech, or maybe we’re using their tech?ML: I think it’s their tech, but certainly we share.RZ: Yeah. And the Navy has developed a laser and they have tested it at sea.ML: Yeah.RZ: So I think the laser technology is there.ML: Our Navy, not theirs.RZ: Our Navy. But the system in Israel is operational. I’ve physically seen it.Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!ML: Do you — like, when you were Interior Secretary, because there’s always like sightings of unknown objects. Some call them drones, some call them UAS or whatever.RZ: I never saw any evidence of anything that was from not from Earth.ML: Yeah. But did you see evidence that it was China? Because that’s a BFD according to Biden.RZ: The balloon was.ML: Right? It’s just something — like, how’s American airspace getting invaded by a balloon?RZ: Well, an administration lied. They said they immediately saw it and they didn’t. They said they didn’t down it because of collateral damage. It went across Petroleum County in Montana with 434 people — one less than one less than Congress for the—ML: Right.RZ: And then they said, well, to a degree, it went over four sites that are sensitive. And then they downed it off of Myrtle Beach — which was the higher probability of hitting somebody off Myrtle Beach. And then they said they recovered everything. That would be an impossibility off the coast of North Carolina.ML: See, if you know all that — have you asked those questions?RZ: I have.ML: You got any good answers?RZ: I got answers to know that the administration lied.ML: There you go. Have a good one, sir.Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’PSA: Student? Unemployed? Underemployed?Ping us for a free VIP subscription. No questions asked. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Vice-chair, Senate Intelligence CommitteeSince killing our paywall, Ask a Pol’s down 25% of revenue from last year.Ask a Pol asks:What ever happened to your and Texas US Sen. John Cornyn’s bipartisan effort to address overclassification?Key Warner:“I forgot about that. We put in legislation. We have a bill,” Sen. Mark Warner exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “All of this area, everybody acknowledges we overclassify, but it never rises to the top. Same thing on security clearance reform. We’re trying to make sure that it’s not so complicated.”Military Industrial PentagonWhy are our military contractors exempt from FOIA — the Freedom of Information Act — when they’re so woven into the identity of today’s Pentagon?“I have no idea,” Warner says.It seems like the Pentagon can hide stuff from Congress by having a contractor deal with it?“That’s a fair question,” Warner says. “I gotta give you [better answer] — that’s the first time it’s [come up]…”Let us know what to ask Congress next!Caught our ear:“Bureaucratic protections are outweighing efficiency and transparency,” Warner tells us. “And, particularly now, with an administration that prides itself on not following the law or being transparent, it makes the problem much worse.”TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Warner (2-5-2026)SCENE: After interviewing another Senator, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo is riding an underground Senate tram back to the US Capitol when Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-chair Mark Warner and an aide proceed to enter his tram…Laslo: Oh, you got on the wrong one.Warner sees Laslo and looks a tad nervous.Warner: I’ll just…Laslo: I’ve been looking for you. What ever happened to your guys’ effort — you and [Sen. John] Cornyn — to change classification? To deal with the overclassification problem?Warner: I forgot about that.Laslo: I know. That was, like, what 8 years ago in Congress time?Warner: We put in legislation.Laslo: Yeah? Did you guys have a bill?Warner: We have a bill.Laslo: Oh, really?Warner: Yeah, the bill — the bill, yes.Laslo: What’s that?Warner: It just hasn’t gotten — you know, all of this area, everybody acknowledges we overclassify, but it never rises to the top. Same thing on security clearance reform. We’re trying to make sure that it’s not so complicated.Laslo: Yeah?Warner: You know, people look at clearances, because, you know, it’s already put enough burden in front of — you really want to go work at the CIA when you’ve had rifts and we’ve had, you know, politicization. It’s going to be even harder if it takes two years to get a security clearance.Laslo: Yeah?Warner: So…Laslo: Do you think we’ll never see a standalone debate on that but we might see it tacked on to the NDAA or?Warner: It’s — part of the challenge is, if I can call it, it is a burden to over…Laslo: Yeah.Warner: To get people back from high classification, everybody’s afraid that, “Oh my gosh, will that piece of information that came out bite you” or will somebody get cleared that was inappropriate.Laslo: Yeah?Warner: And I just think, you know, it’s kind of like, bureaucratic protections are outweighing efficiency and transparency. And particularly now, with an administration that prides itself on not following the law or being transparent, it makes the problem much worse.Laslo: It’s a little separate but kind of similar, like, why are our military contractors exempt from FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] when they’re so woven into the identity of today’s Pentagon?Warner: I have no idea — I will…Laslo: Well, it seems like the Pentagon can hide stuff from Congress by having a contractor deal with it?Warner: That’s a fair question.Laslo: Yeah.Warner: I gotta give you [better answer] — that’s the first time it’s [come up]…Laslo: I throw stones at glass houses for a living. I got no answers.A gaggle of reporters greet the Senator.Press corps: Senator Warner…Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (Generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s, and we’re experimenting in public to stay ahead while always grounding our journalism in real‑world reporting and full, unedited transcripts.About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)Ask a Pol asked:So you — New Jersey residents (AskaARCHIVES: Guess we got NJ’s new governor, Mikie Sherrill on the record on the UAP swarms over her state), Senator Cory Booker and local officials back home — never got answers on the “drones” over Jersey, but now we’ve got lasers shooting “drones” out of the sky in El Paso?Key Kim:“I don’t know what is going on right now,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) tells Ask a Pol.Does this raise more questions for FAA and Pentagon officials?“Look, I’ve been pressing our government writ large in terms of just our ability to detect drones, be able to distinguish them from other aircraft and think through counter-drones. So I’m just only getting the headlines in terms of what we’re hearing. We’ll get some more details.”Say, “Hey!” on YouTube, TikTok or InstagramCaught our ear:“People need to have answers to this,” Kim exclusively tells us. “This type of just, you know, spontaneous announcement — of what, 10-days, you know? — I mean, it was just, however, they managed this was completely wrong. It created a lot of panic.”TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Andy Kim (2-11-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo hustles to catch up with Senator Andy Kim as he’s rushing to his car after voting on the windy eve at the US Capitol.Matt Laslo: “Wait, Senator Kim!”Laslo’s ducking in and out of Senate-vote traffic.ML: “So you never got answers on the drones over Jersey, but now we got lasers shooting drones out of the sky in El Paso?”Kim laughs.Andy Kim: “I don’t know what is going on right now.”ML: “Does this—does this raise more questions?”AK: “Um, well look, I’ve been pressing this government in terms of, just been pressing our government writ large in terms of just our ability to detect drones, be able to distinguish them from other aircraft and think through counter-drones. So, I, you know, I’m just only getting the headlines in terms of what we’re hearing. We’ll get some more details.”ML: “But what we’re hearing is nuts. Like, so we’re melting these down and, last I heard, Pentagon couldn’t even identify what they were.”AK: “Really?”ML: “In some places.”AK: “I haven’t had a chance—I wasn’t able to see the FAA administrator today.”ML: “You got a day job.”Kim laughs.AK: “But I will say, look, like, people need to have answers to this.”ML: “Yeah.”AK: “And this type of just, you know, spontaneous announcement — of what, 10-days, you know? — I mean, it was just, however, they managed this was completely wrong. It created a lot of panic.”ML: “Yeah?”Kim hops in car, as Laslo chases Senate Intel Vice-chair Mark Warner.Ask a Pol AI Disclosure:Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s…About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) — Member, Senate Intelligence CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Are you satisfied with what you’ve been told by the Trump administration about this week’s El Paso airport fiasco — with the FAA initially shuttering it for 10 days, before reopening it mere hours later — and reports the Pentagon deployed new anti-”drone”laser technology?Key Cornyn:“I’d like to get more information on laser beams. It sounds like there was counter drone activity,” Sen. John Cornyn exclusively tells Ask a Pol.“And FAA didn’t feel like they had enough information about that. So they shut things down, but I’m glad they reopened pretty quickly.”Do you know do the lasers melt it or do they incapacitate its tech?“I think that’s classified,” Cornyn tells us.Join the partay already:Ask a Pol’s crushing it* on YouTube, TikTok & Instagram!*well, about to be crushing it…with a follow from you!Caught our ear:“Drones coming across the border from the cartels are increasing problem,” Cornyn tells us. “Not only in terms of shipping drugs, but also a danger to our border patrol and other agents.”About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe

Who?Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Member, Armed Services & Intelligence CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:In the new Age of Disclosure documentary, you talk about “eminent domain,” which is included in your UAP Disclosure Act with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Why are military contractors exempt from FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] because they’re so woven into the contemporary Pentagon?Key Rounds:“There is a general discussion about the fact that some of the stuff that they have is proprietary in nature, and we turn around and we buy their services,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “So if they’ve got something that is proprietary in nature, they’re not necessarily just simply going to give it up to the US government. They’re going to expect us to buy it from them.“We buy their products, but not necessarily the patents that created it in the first place. We’re changing a lot of that right now, by the way.”But it seems like the Pentagon can hide stuff from Congress by having a contractor handle it?“That’s been a discussion for some time,” Rounds says. “But no resolution.”Any plan for your UAP Disclosure Act this year?“I’ll talk with other folks and see where they’re at,” Rounds tells us. “What I’d really like to be able to do would be to have a more permanent solution than what we’ve got today to make it clear that, look, as time goes along and more of the issues might be more available for public review, there’ll be a place so that it could be accurately held and accurately displayed in the future.“I just don’t want to do anything that’s going to impact our ability to keep our really sensitive programs secret — or keep them protected.”Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!Caught our ear:“We’re changing a lot of that right now…”Ask a Pol’s playing around with as many new AI tools as we can, so this small, unfunded startup can compete in today’s new media landscape. (generative) AI isn’t tomorrow’s tech — it’s yesterday’s…About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe