Powerful members of Congress are dead-set on killing UFO transparency
thehill.com
Schumer stated that “House Republicans are also attempting to kill another commonsense, bipartisan measure passed by the Senate…to increase transparency around what the government does and do…

Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) aimed to establish a process with the ostensible goal of revealing the existence of “non-human intelligence” to the public. But the legislation, which is co-sponsored by three Republican and two Democratic senators, is now in jeopardy.

In comments yesterday on the Senate floor, Schumer stated that “House Republicans are also attempting to kill another commonsense, bipartisan measure passed by the Senate, which I was proud to cosponsor… to increase transparency around what the government does and does not know about unidentified aerial phenomena.”

According to reports, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, are leading efforts to prevent any meaningful version of this provision from being added to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.

Members of Congress generally clamor for enhanced government oversight — a core function of the legislative branch — and transparency. So what could cause a small group of influential lawmakers to suddenly resist it?

  • @conditional_soup@lemm.ee
    25•1 year ago

    Notably, the legislation calls for the U.S. government to reassert control over “recovered technologies of unknown origin” currently held by defense contractors. Some analysts suspect that corporations potentially holding such exotic technology are exerting undue pressure and influence to oppose the provision in Schumer’s legislation.

    Found why. It’s absolutely amazing how consistently bad and stupid the financialization of everything has been. The apparent* government conspiracy to hide UFOs and aliens isn’t down to a nefarious plot to control the world or keep the peace, it’s to protect the investors. Jesus wept.

    *I’ll be on the side of the evidence, wherever it points, but I’d like for it to be released. The claims mean nothing without some proof.