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 address that.”
LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds
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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
Mike Rounds: “Hey, good morning!”
Matt Laslo: “Hey, are you working with Schumer and his team on amending your guys’ UAP amendment from NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] last year?”
MR: “We’re still — not a lot of activity on right now.”
ML: “Yeah?”
MR: “Doesn’t mean there’s no activity, but it’s nothing that we’re specifically going in and sitting down and changing language yet.”
ML: “Would you like to see changes though?”
MR: “Umm, the reality is that we’ll have to work with the House to find out what their concerns are and we’ll have to address them.”
ML: “Do you fully know those concerns or where they are coming from? Was it Armed Services Committee or was it from House Intel [Committee]?”
MR: “Well, that’s a really good question.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Laslo laughs.
MR: “I think there are some individuals that had some concerns — and actually some of their concerns with regard to privacy and confidentiality are valid — but we’ll do our best to work with them and get something done.”
ML: “It hasn’t quite percolated up yet?”
MR: “No, it has not.”
ML: “Appreciate ya.”
MR: “You’re not behind on anything yet.”
Laslo laughs.
ML: “Have a good one.”
Sen. Rounds on Schumer UAP amendment to NDAA: “not a lot of activity on right now"