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psst: Ask a Pol AUDIO IS 100% FREE! If you can’t access our raw interviews, try going directly to our site (Ask a Pol dot com). For. Free. Contact us if troubles persist.  Who? Rep. French Hill (R-AR) — Chair, House Financial Services Digital Assets, Financial Technology & Inclusion Subcommittee LISTEN: Laslo & Hill Ask a Pol asked: Do you think we’re gonna see m ovement on crypto / stablecoin in...

Who? Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Intelligence and Armed Services Committees *Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Ping us . LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds Ask a Pol asks: Are you read in on every program — like, with military contractors, there could be something that you don’t know? Key Rounds:  “Well, you never know if you’re read in or not,” Rounds exclusively tell...

Who? Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) — Judiciary Committee Hawley’s asked: What do you make of Donald Trump reversing course on the TikTok divestment effort — when he was in office, he tried to force the sale? Key Hawley:  “I think he was right the first time. I remember talking to him about this at some length four years ago now, and, you know, I thought he was right,” Hawley told the congressional press...

Who? Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) — House Minority Whip LISTEN: Laslo & Clark Ask a Pol asks: Are you worried about No Labels dragging President Joe Biden down at all? Key Clark:  “I do worry about them,” Clark exclusively tells Ask a Pol . “These are gonna be close races. But, I think the American people in the primary process have spoken, and Joe Biden is who they want for president on the Democr...

psst: Ask a Pol AUDIO IS 100% FREE! If you can’t access our raw interviews, try going directly to our site (Ask a Pol dot com). Contact us if troubles persist.  Who? Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — Intelligence and Armed Services Committees LISTEN: Laslo & Gillibrand Ask a Pol asks: What’s happening with your stablecoin bill with Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) — still waiting on the House? At a certa...

Who? Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) — Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Cardin Background: On March 14, 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stood on the Senate floor and called for new elections in Israel, the leader of Palestine to step down and for a two-state solution. Hours later, in a gaggle with the congressional press corps just off the Senate floor, Senate Foreign Re...

Who? Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) — Ranking Member on Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Paul Ask a Pol asked: Because Americans’ private data is now treated like a commodity , would the new TikTok divestment bill do anything to prevent our data being sold to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) via third party data brokers? Key Paul:  “It doesn’t do it. You could force the sal...

Who? Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Ask a Pol asks: Has there been any talk about the ‘war on drugs’ in relation to the border, specifically when it comes to the war on drugs destabilizing economies south of our border? Key Graham: “There’s some stuff in there about fentanyl in the border negotiations,” Graham told Ask a Pol . “There’s some fentanyl stuff.” LISTEN: Laslo & Graham Below find a rough tr...

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Who? Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) — Chair, Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee LISTEN: Sen. Sherrod Brown Ask a Pol asked: How big of a priority is taking up the SAFER Banking Act in this Congress? Key Brown:  “ It’s a high priority,” Brown exclusively tells Ask a Pol . “ [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer wants to do it. I want to do it. [Ranking Republican Sen. Tim] Scott's not up...

Ask a Pol AUDIO IS 100% FREE! If you can’t access our raw interviews, try going directly to our site (Ask a Pol dot com). For. Free. Contact us if troubles persist. Who? Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Chair, US Senate Intelligence Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Warner Ask a Pol asks: We saw the Joint Chiefs of Staff letter from last May on UAPs. How big of a concern are they? Even [Sen. Tim] Kaine (D-VA) wa...

LISTEN: Laslo & Brown Who? Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) — Chair of Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Ask a Pol asks: Are we gonna see movement on any of these big measures — like crypto, marijuana banking (SAFER Act), rail safety, fentanyl, et. — before November’s elections completely consume the US Capitol? Key Brown: “W e’ve got a House that’s still not moving on stuff that mat...

Ask a Pol audio is FREE — go directly to our site (AskaPol dot com) & LISTEN. FREE.   BACKGROUND: Who? Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) — Member of Senate Intelligence Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Heinrich Ask a Pol asks: In your classified briefings on UAPs, have you ever been shown ‘bodies’? Heinrich laughs   “You know I can’t discuss classified briefings,” Heinrich tells Ask a Pol . “But, can you say t...

PSA: Ask a Pol AUDIO IS 100% FREE! If you can’t access our raw interviews, try going directly to our site (Ask a Pol dot com). For. Free. Contact us if you still can’t access it. LISTEN: Laslo & Gillibrand Who? Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Ask a Pol asks Have you had time to check out that new, declassified AARO report yet? Key Gillibrand  “Haven’t read it yet,” Gillibrand tells Ask a Pol. “I re...

Who? Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Ask a Pol asked: Is there going to be any legislative response to the Biden deepfake ? Key Hirono:  “We could all predict that this was going to happen,” Hirono tells Ask a Pol. “So I hope that that this would be a bipartisan effort to make sure that people are not lied to in this way. It’s really terrible.” Doesn’t election make it harder to pass a deepfake bill? “Si...

PSST: All Ask a Pol AUDIO IS 100% FREE! If you can’t access our raw interviews, try going directly to our site (Ask a Pol dot com). For. Free.  Contact us if you still can’t access it. Who? Sen. ( Coach ) Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) LISTEN: Laslo & Tuberville Ask a Pol asked: What’s your stance on marijuana? Key Tuberville:  “I think it probably might help some people, you know, medically,” Tuberville...

Ask a Pol AUDIO IS 💯 FREE – go directly to our site (Ask a Pol dot com) to listen or connect to your favorite podcast app. Who? Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) Ask a Pol ’s big ask Have you heard anything about DEA / Biden administration moving to reschedule marijuana ? “I do not want to comment on that.” Key Booker “I have heard a lot about it,” Booker tells Ask a Pol ’s Matt Laslo . Rumor’s it might be...

Who? Jack Reed (D-RI) — Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Services Ask a Pol asked: “Are you expecting to see any action on your cryptocurrency bill with Sen. [Mark] Warner this year?” Key Reed:  “We’re trying to get cosponsors and develop possible support. But we don’t have any schedule yet or hearing.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the stor...

Who? Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) Ask a Pol asks: “I hear that the DEA might move to reschedule cannabis next month. Have you heard that?” Key Correa: “No, but I hope that you’re right. I hope that that’s right. They gotta reschedule it absolutely,” Correa told Ask a Pol. “For a hundred different reasons. From the public safety perspective, from the societal perspective — that this should not be a crimi...

Who? Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Senate Intelligence Committee Ask a Pol asks: “Are you working with Schumer and his team on amending your guys’ UAP amendment from NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] last year?” Key Rounds: “Not a lot of activity on right now,” Rounds tells Ask a Pol. “The reality is that we’ll have to work with the House to find out what their concerns are and we’ll have to a...

Who? Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) Ask a Pol asked: Your new stablecoin measure with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, are you guys still waiting on the House? Key Lummis: “We’re still working. Umm, yeah, we’re not — I think we’re getting closer. And I know I say that about once a week,” Lummis exclusively told Ask a Pol . “We have been waiting for the House, but I’ve been told that the House now has coalesce...

Who? Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) Ask a Pol asks: “If the DEA moves, is that gonna imperil SAFE banking?” Key Daines:  “I don’t think so,” Daines exclusively tells Ask a Pol . Caught our ear: “I did not support the ballot initiative in Montana for legalizing recreational marijuana,” Daines says. “I believe strongly in SAFE Banking — it’s a public safety issue — but I don’t support legalizing cannabis...

Who? Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Ask a Pol asked: “I haven’t talked to you since the FEC [Federal Election Commission] moved on deepfakes — do you think it’ll solve it?” Key Klobuchar: “Well, that’s very helpful, but we should still pass the bill in the package of AI, if not somewhere else,” Klobuchar exclusively told Ask a Pol. LISTEN: Laslo & Klobuchar Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s...

Who? Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) — Ranking Member, House Financial Services Committee Ask a Pol asked: Any update on your crypto bill with Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC)? Key Waters: “We gotta do something before the end of the year. We’re close,” Waters tells Ask a Pol . “I’m very optimistic, yes.” Caught our ear: “I insist that the Federal Reserve be in it like any other central b...

Who? Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) — Founder & Co-chair, Congressional Cannabis Caucus Ask a Pol asks: We heard the DEA might reschedule marijuana on April 15th. Have you heard that? Key Blumenauer:  “I think it should be April 20th,” Blumenauer tells Ask a Pol . Caught our ear: “There are lots of rumors,” Blumenauer says. “Lots of rumors.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our origi...