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Before being tapped to lead NASA, Administrator Bill Nelson served in the US Senate. Last week, Nelson turned many of his former Senate colleagues’ heads when he announced a new UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena or UFO) office but, initially, kept its director’s identity secret . “That kind of surprised me,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) exclusively tells Ask a Pol . “I wasn’t sure why they would do...

When Congress first returned from its August recess, we asked Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) if there was any update, because he left the House Oversight Committee’s UFO investigation in July demanding answers that whistleblower David Grusch testified he could only discuss in a classified setting. “Oh, yeah. I don't know what's happening with that. I'll find out,” Raskin promised Ask a Pol on Sept. 14....

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is no fan of cannabis—“I don't like the smell of marijuana. It just stinks.”—but she supports a new compromise cannabis measure, because it will “protect” her state’s gun manufacturing industry. “My interest in it, as someone who is opposed to having legal marijuana in my state, is, there are other businesses that struggle to have access to banking, because they're disfa...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.askapoluaps.com WASHINGTON — Ahead of the Senate Banking Committee’s much anticipated markup next week of what was the SAFE Banking Act but has evolved into the SAFER—Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation—Banking Act , we scored this exclusive, if brief, interview with Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH).  Working from a Capi...

WATCH: Friday evening, Matt Laslo was on Thomas Fessler's Disclosure Tonight where they played the World Premiere of Ask a Pol ’s latest breaking exclusive with House Oversight Chair James Comer on the request for a Select UAP Committee. Watch here ! This is the condensed (sans press corps) Comer interview. COMER CONDENSCED: RAW Q&A, w/ out Infotainment Network questions Subscribe for FREE. Feed u...

In an exclusive interview, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)—while he was “mid grill”—previewed the next UFO hearing he’s preparing for after Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised him a second public investigatory hearing: “It's gonna be government. We've had the [whistleblower] witnesses, now we're gonna get the government in, and that's what I want to do.” Burchett says that includes NASA’s newly announced res...

After privately meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) says he’s been promised another UFO hearing in this 118th Congress.  “He told me we’re gonna get us a hearing,” Burchett tells Ask a Pol on his way up the steps leading into the US Capitol.    This would be the second UAP hearing in the House this Congress, after UFO whistleblower David Grusch and other veterans...

At the end of July, the same week UFO whistleblower David Grusch testified before the House Oversight Committee, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) had a classified briefing with All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, which Rounds says he used to push for better whistleblower protections.  “I think it's a matter of participation by individuals who are concerned about the a...

The United States Senate gaveled back into session on Tuesday after its annual monthlong August recess. Earlier today, we caught up with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) who says she’s got no update to report. “I’ve got to follow up on getting the meetings. I don't know what happened to the requests for meetings with the whistleblowers , but I don't know where it is right now so I gotta find out,” G...

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) may not know much about UFO whistleblower David Grusch, but he knows Utah’s Skywalker Ranch . “I’m on an episode of Skinwalker Ranch that just aired last night,” Lee tells Ask a Pol . “It’s a brief cameo.” We caught up with Lee on the day Grusch testified in front of the House Oversight Committee, July, 26. Lee didn’t know Grusch by name but was aware he was testifying, while...

I bumped into Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) in the Capitol on Thursday, July 27, just 10 days after he upset the establishment with an appearance in New Hampshire on behalf of No Labels. It was also the day after UFO whistleblower David Grusch testified before the House Oversight Committee.  “ I’ve never heard of him,” Manchin, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said.  “Yeah. I figured. Yo...

Raw interview audio attached: apologies for scratchy phone tape and our disconnection midway. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) didn’t watch last night’s Republican presidential primary debate, but after hearing former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laughed off ongoing congressional investigations into UFOs, one of his first reactions was to reach out to Christie himself.  “I seriously thought about maybe...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) would have been better suited for Fox News’ UFO question than former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) was in last night’s first Republican presidential primary debate of Election 2024. “I get the UFO question?” Christie complained from the stage last night. “I think it's horrible that just [because] I’m from New Jersey, you asked me about unidentified flying objects and Martians.”...

US senators may have longer terms than their counterparts in the House of Representatives, but it’s unclear what they do with that extra time (except, of course, fundraise ). On July 11th, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Armed Services Committee, told us at Ask a Pol she hadn’t looked into (or even heard of) UFO whistleblower David Grusch, but she planned to. The next time we saw Rosen wa...

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In July, we asked him what the Air Force shot down over his sprawling state in the spring. "I still think there’s more questions,” Sullivan said. “And the bigger issue is the multi-domain awareness that has been shown to be inadequate when it comes to things like this.” We also ask Sullivan about UFO whistleblower David G...

Like many of his colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) exclusively told Ask a Pol at the end of July that he doesn’t know who UFO whistleblower David Grusch is. Matt Laslo’s a veteran congressional correspondent, adjunct new media professor and founder of Ask a Pol . Ask a Pol : Your questions to your lawmakers at your US Capitol. X — @Ask_a_Pol or Insta — @as...

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. HUH? Ask a Pol = 50,000+ downloads, 751 free subscribers & 90 paid ones. Help RE-ratio us! Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s interview with Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), slightly edited for clarity. By Camila Aponte and Noah Kolenda. Matt Laslo : “Hey, random question.” Bob Casey : “Yeah.” ML : “Have you been able to look...

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s interview with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on July 19, 2023, slightly edited for clarity. Matt Laslo : “Hey, how are you, ma’am?”  Susan Collins : “How are you doing?” ML : “Curious, have you looked into the UAP or UFO whistleblower David Grusch’s claims?” SC : “I haven’t. This has been something that Sen. Rubio has done a lot of work on, but it’s not som...

We asked Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) about California’s long history of UFO sightings, along with contemporary whistleblower David Grusch. “I don’t know what you’re talking about," Feinstein, the recent former chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee , replied. For those who complain we’re bothering a Level 3 convalescent — we’re in 1,000,000% agreement. It’s been appalling watching Feinstein w...

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) joins Ask a Pol ’s growing list of federal lawmakers who refuse to even comment on UFO whistleblower David Grusch, even as they’re aware of — and potentially a part of — the investigation into his claims. “I'm on the Intelligence Committee. I'm aware of the matter. I don't have a comment for you at this time,” Ossoff told us some two weeks before Grusch testified in the Hous...

Less than a week before David Grusch testified before the House Oversight Committee, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told Ask a Pol : “We’ve had a lot of whistleblowers, but I wasn’t aware that we had a UFO whistleblower.” Cornyn’s a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “I can’t talk about classified information, but I’m not aware of any recovery of aircraft or something like that,” Cornyn said. W...

While skeptical of UFOs, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) has many unanswered questions about “unexplained phenomenon going on out there.” The Armed Services Committee member even wonders whether the Pentagon, US military contractors or American adversaries are behind the uptick in UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, to NASA) sightings in recent years. “There are clearly unexplained phenomenon going on...

Besides Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), most all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee aren’t interested — publicly at least — in UFO whistleblower David Grusch , even as the inspector general of the intelligence community deemed his allegations “an urgent and credible threat,” according to Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Marco Rubio . Ask a Pol has interviewed all 25 members of the Arm...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) is infuriated by the leak of UFO whistleblower David Grusch’s medical records. “That’s just disgusting,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Someone needs to lose their job.” While Burchett says it’s too early to know where the leak came from, he’s vowing to “dig into it” personally. And he’s also planning to enlist the help of House Oversight Committee...

In the RAW: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) is the ranking member, or top Republican, on the Senate Armed Services Committee, which gives him a seat on the Senate Intelligence Committee (ex officio, technically). Please do let us know what you think of Wicker’s exchange with Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo. We’ve left this post raw on purpose; intrigued with your takeaways from it, especially when compared with o...