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Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, House Oversight Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Comer
Ask a Pol asks:
Where do you see your Oversight Committee’s ongoing UAP investigation going in the new year? Some committee members still want a Select UAP Committee.
ICYMI — Comer’s been open to a Select UAP Committee
Key Comer:
“That's something that is being discussed,” US House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “So we'll see what happens.”
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Comer’s dilemma: “I don't have a single staff person…that knows a lot about UAPs”
Rep. Eric Burlison and other UAP Caucus members talked about maybe hiring whistleblower David Grusch — who testified before your Oversight Committee last year — so he could get his clearance back, and then they’d have someone with expertise to help their investigation.
ICYMI — UAP Caucus tried to hire David Grusch
Would you be supportive of the UAP Caucus hiring Grusch?
“Well, I don’t know,” Comer replies. “I can’t remember the guy you’re talking about exactly.”
Yeah?
“But if we were gonna do something on our committee, we would need a little bit of staff that knows something about it,” Comer says.
Reminder: Comer didn’t prepared to question Grusch
Caught our ear:
“We’ve gotta see who’s gonna be Speaker,” Comer tells us. “There's still some committee slots that haven't been filled. The budgets haven't been approved yet for the committees, so you can't hire staff.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. James Comer (R-KY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer
SCENE: After quickly voting on the end of year government funding package, Chair Comer rushes down the Capitol steps, briefly answers a few quick questions from the cable news crews and then starts briskly walking to catch his train to Baltimore.
Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo was waiting in the wings and quickly catches up to the congressman.*
*As you’ll hear, the interview’s briefly interrupted by a holiday parade, with bass.
Matt Laslo: “I wanted to ask you — the drone incursions, they’re really taking over…”
James Comer: “I know nothing…”
ML: “That's not you?”
JC: “Yeah, I’m sorry. I don't know anything about it.”
ML: “What would you like to see in the new year, because your committee's been doing the UAP investigation. You know, some people want a Select Committee still.”
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