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Who?Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)Ask a Pol asks:Have you looked at any of these tranches of UFO files coming out of the Pentagon?Key Schumer:“We’re interested in making things public,” Sen. Chuck Schumer tells Ask a Pol. “You know that.”Support independent UFO journalism — we’re on Venmo, PayPal, Cash AppOr just buy us a beer!Caught our ear:Do you take this effort by the White House seriously?“Who knows,” Schumer tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chuck Schumer (9-30-2026)SCENE: As Chuck Schumer and his security detail head to his awaiting black SUV, Ask a Pol asks the Senate minority Leader about the Pentagon’s UFO files.Matt Laslo: “Mr. Leader!”Chuck Schumer: “Hi.”ML: “Have you looked at any of these tranches of UFO files coming out of the Pentagon?”CS: “We’re interested in making things public, you know that.”ML: “But have you looked at ‘em? Do you take this effort seriously by the White House?”CS: “Who knows?”ML: “’Who knows?’”Schumer and his security detail enter his awaiting black SUV.ML: “Have a good October, 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?Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Ranking Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)Ask a Pol asks:Did you ever get answers from the Pentagon on the UAP incursions that effectively shuttered Langley Air Force Base for 17 days in 2023?Key Warner:“Mostly ended up being Chinese drones,” Sen. Mark Warner exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP.Caught our ear:“No,” Warner replied when we asked whether he’s seen pictures of the objects that hovered over Langley. “I’ll ask around.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Warner (8-7-2026)Matt Laslo: Did you ever get answers on the Langley [UAP] incursions in 2023?Mark Warner: That was — mostly ended up being Chinese drones.Laslo: Oh, really?Warner: Yeah.Laslo: Confirmed?Warner: Huh?Laslo: Have you seen ’em...?Warner: No.Laslo: ...pictures or...?Warner: No. Let me — I’ll ask around.Laslo: Yeah? Fair.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. Mike Turner (R-OH) — fmr. Chair, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (aka HPSCI)Thanks to all our supporters who voted!*Ask a Pol UAP asks:Have you seen any of these six tranches of declassified UFO files the Pentagon has been releasing?Key Turner:“You know we’re not doing this,” Rep. Mike Turner tells Ask a Pol UAP.Join Ask a Pol’s Subscriber-Only Chat already! We need you.Our private Ask a Pol Chat is self-policed — smart, civil & occasionally cynical.Caught our ear:“You were in one,” Turner Dad-jokes as he turns around and points to Laslo.Laslo laughs.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Mike Turner (9-16-2026)SCENE: After casting one of his last votes in the US Capitol ahead of November’s elections, former HPSCI Chair Mike Turner exits the Capitol and surprises Laslo, who’s sitting on the steps.SCENE cont’d: Laslo hops up and hustles to catch up to Turner, while also turning his mic on and fumbling with his phone in the other hand to get video of the exchange...because Turner’s never given us an on-the-record UFO interview…and we knew he’d hate it…Matt Laslo: Oh, I wanted to ask you about these declassified UFO files. [OFF CAMERA]Mike Turner: What? [OFF CAMERA]Laslo: I gotta film you. [OFF CAMERA]Turner: Why? [OFF CAMERA]ON CAMERALaslo: Because my editors* want them now.*Interactive political journalism: Laslo was talking about all our Ask a Pol UAP supporters out there. Keep the questions — ie, assignments — coming!Turner: You know we’re not doing this.Turner nervously smiles while motioning to Laslo to kill his camera.Laslo: But have you seen any of these?Turner: I like you, though.Laslo laughs.Turner: You’re a good guy.Laslo: But have you seen any of this declassified UFO stuff from the Pentagon?Long awkward silence as Turner walks away from Laslo, before Turner cracks a joke.Turner: You were in one.Turner and his sunglasses turn around and point to Laslo.Laslo: I was?Laslo laughs.Turner: You look different, though.Laslo couldn’t make out what Turner said in real time, but yes, Laslo got a haircut in August…Laslo: ’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. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, Oversight & Government Reform CommitteeAsk a Pol UAP asks:Whatever happened to you guys maybe having a UAP hearing on those missing and/or murdered scientists?Key Comer:“They keep canceling days on us. So we were trying to do that in the third week [of September]... but [GOP leaders] canceled it. So we’ll, we’ll try to pick it back up in November,” Rep. James Comer exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “ I think it’ll be an aggressive lame duck period.”What was that hearing supposed to be on?“I don’t know that we ever agreed on a topic,” Comer continued. “I’d like to have another one. I think there’s demand for it. It’s just getting good witnesses in is always a challenge.”Welp. Please. Help! Ask a Pol’s also on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy the team a beer!Caught our ear: Burlison’s point man for UFO investigation“Honestly, you would need to talk to [UAP Caucus Co-chair Tim] Burchett and [Secrets Chair Anna Paulina] Luna,” Comer told us when we pressed him on the hearing topic. “And [Rep. Eric] Burlison, really. Burlison more than anybody.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol UAP’s exclusive interview with Rep. James Comer (R-KY), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer (9-16-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo spots Oversight Chair James Comer approaching the US Capitol in the middle of one of the last votes for members of the House of Representatives until after the November 3 midterm elections.So Laslo quietly slides past a large gaggle of TV cameras, producers and on-air “talent” ammassed on the Capitol steps, to snag this exclusive with the powerful Oversight Chair.Msatt Laslo: Hey!Comer: Hey.Laslo: Hey, whatever happened to you guys maybe having a UAP hearing on those scientists?Comer: Well, they keep canceling days on us. So we were trying to do that in the third week [of September]...Laslo: Oh, really?Comer: ...but they canceled it. So we’ll, we’ll try to pick it back up in November.Laslo: Yeah?Comer: I think it’ll be an aggressive lame duck period.Laslo: What was that hearing supposed to be on?Comer: I don’t know that we ever agreed on a topic.Laslo: But you guys were aiming for it?Comer: Yeah. I’d like to have another one. I think there’s demand for it. It’s just getting good witnesses in is always a challenge. So...Laslo: Well, because you wanted one on those missing scientists?Comer: On the what now?Laslo: Those scientists.Comer: Yeah.Laslo: Remember that string of scientists?Comer: Yes. Honestly, you would need to talk to [UAP Caucus Co-chair Tim] Burchett and [Secrets Chair Anna Paulina] Luna.Laslo: Yeah, yeah.Comer: And [Rep. Eric] Burlison, really. Burlison more than anybody.Laslo: Yeah. Fair. Fair.Comer heads into the Capitol to cast his last vote until after the November 3 midterm elections.Comer: Alright, I gotta vote.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 Intelligence CommitteeAsk a Pol asks:Someone told us that it was China that shut down Langley [Air Force Base] in 2023 for 17 days, causing our entire fleet of F-22 Raptors to be moved?Key Rounds:“I can’t talk about that right now,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.“Let’s put it this way, they don’t keep me or members of our [Intelligence] Committee awake at night, but I suspect we keep them awake at night.”…Do we have comparable tech? Like, are we flying over Chinese nuclear sites?“Let’s put it this way, they don’t keep me or members of our [Intelligence] Committee awake at night,” Rounds says. “But I suspect we keep them awake at night.”That’s the American way.Find us on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!Caught our ear:Do you think we have that under control? Because it’s not really good if China is in US airspace.“Let’s just say we learn every day, and our adversaries are very good at taking advantage of our freedoms here,” Rounds tells us. “But that’s the reason why we’ve got legislation* in right now to prohibit China from owning land anywhere near one of our sensitive areas or our bases. There’s a reason behind that.”*we believe Rounds is referring to his bipartisan Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act. It would “ban individuals and entities controlled by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from purchasing agricultural land and businesses located near U.S. military installations or sensitive sites,” according to the Senator’s official site.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (9-24-2026)SCENE: After the last Senate votes of the week, Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Sen. Mike Rounds before he hops in an aide’s car before flying home for the weekend.Matt Laslo: “Hey, were you part of a recent briefing with AARO?”ICYMI — stay tuned: we’re still looking for Gillibrand…Mike Rounds: “Not that I know of.”Laslo: “I think [Sen. Kirsten] Gillibrand had one a month or so ago.”Rounds: “No.”Laslo: “No?”Rounds: “I wasn’t part of it.”Laslo: “Have you looked at any of these — I guess the Pentagon’s released six tranches of these?”Rounds: “Yeah, yeah. Most of them, nothing new in it that we haven’t seen before.”Laslo: “Someone told me that it was China that shut down Langley [Air Force Base] in 2023 for 17 days, causing our entire fleet of [F-22] Raptors to be moved?”Rounds: “I can’t talk about that right now.”Laslo: “Yeah?”Rounds: “I’m sorry.”Laslo: “Do you think we have that under control? Because it’s not really good if China is in US airspace.”Rounds: “Let’s just say we learn every day, and our adversaries are very good at taking advantage of our freedoms here.”Laslo: “Yeah?”Rounds: “But that’s the reason why we’ve got legislation in right now to prohibit China from owning land anywhere near one of our sensitive areas or our bases. There’s a reason behind that.”Laslo: “Do we have comparable — do we have comparable tech? Like are we flying over Chinese nuclear sites?”Rounds: “Let’s put it this way, they don’t keep me or members of our [Intelligence] Committee awake at night, but I suspect we keep them awake at night.”Laslo: “That’s the American way.”Rounds: “See you later.”Laslo: “Have a good one, sir.”What should we ask lawmakers this week? Let us 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.*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