Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.): “That’s What It Is About: Aliens… I Think People Deserve To Know”
July 14th, 2023
Via: Politico:
The House Oversight Committee is finally planning to hold a long-teased hearing on UFOs.
A small but vocal contingent of the Republican conference has been pushing for a hearing after the Pentagon and other national security agencies have said in recent months that they are investigating unidentified aircraft and hundreds of new reports of UFOs.
Senior Republicans have now tentatively slated such a hearing for the last week of July, according to two Republicans familiar with the hearing.
“That’s what it is about: aliens. … I think people deserve to know,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), one of the two Republicans, told POLITICO.
Both Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have signed off on holding a hearing, with Burchett and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) asked to take the lead.
A spokesperson for Comer noted that the hearing is still in its planning stages but it is “looking like it will happen towards the end of this month.” The Kentucky Republican said that it will be a subcommittee hearing.
