“Issue last time was the House,” UAPDA sponsor says as annual NDAA dance begins

# TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds **SCENE:** *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:** “Look at this young man.” **Sen. Mike Rounds:** “Hey, how you doing?” **ML:** “Livin’ the dream.” *Rounds laughs.* **ML:** “Was talking to one of your colleagues in the House — Mr. \[Eric\] Burlison — and he said, he’s looking to maybe revive your measure with \[Senate Minority Leader Chuck\] Schumer, the UAP Disclosure Act.” **MR:** “Ahuh.” **ML:** “Have you talked with Schumer about it at all?” **MR:** “I have not.” **ML:** “No?” **MR:** “We just…” **ML:** “Yeah?” **MR:** “…with everything else going around here now, it’s been busy.” **ML:** “So NDAA talks haven’t really sparked yet?” **MR:** “Yeah. And we’re still working NDAA stuff now.” **ML:** “Yeah?” **MR:** “On the individual stuff.” **ML:** “Yeah?” **MR:** “This is one, I mean, I would like to see some language in it to move this thing along a little bit.” **ML:** “Yeah? I’m curious if you guys now have an ally with the White House.” **MR:** “I hope we do.” **ML:** “But no word?” *Rounds shakes head no.* **MR:** “The issue last time was the House and their concerns.” **ML:** “Yeah?” **MR:** “In order to get things done, I think we’ll have to work with the House to allay the concerns they may have. And I have the same concerns that, maybe, they have, and that is, I don’t want to release anything that’s vital for our national security. I want to have it done correctly, but vetted so that we don’t give out any information that would otherwise endanger any of our classified programs.” **ML:** “Yeah. Have the conversations changed in the last couple of years, like is it…?” **MR:** “No, I don’t think so.” *Laslo chuckles.* **ML:** “Is that disheartening?” **MR:** “No, it’s just, just there are so many other things going on. I think folks are focused on other issues. I mean, we’ve got a war. We’ve got...” Full interview & transcript at [*Ask a Pol UAP*](https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/rounds-blames-house-for-derailing-uapda) on Substack.