Democratic New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill on CNN on Tuesday criticized the government’s lack of coordination in responding to recent reports of drones flying over the state, saying it was completely about security. He added that he was not convinced.

House Intelligence Committee Tuesday received Following a confidential press conference with federal officials regarding several drone sightings in New Jersey, Democratic Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut later confirmed that the federal government was not operating the aircraft, and that He said most who have “studyed” concluded that the drones “are not piloted.” “Commercial” aircraft. On “Anderson Cooper 360,” Democratic lawmakers pointed out that there appeared to be a lack of coordination among government agencies and criticized officials for their slow response.

“It seems like we still don’t have the coordination that I would like between all the government agencies,” Sherrill said. “In the White House briefing, me and Pat Ryan, two veterans, we were just asking questions, and we both knew the information that we knew in the White House briefing. I don’t think they expected that.”I was on the ground and couldn’t talk to the military base, but as I said, the sensitive equipment finally arrived on the ground after almost a month of arrival. It seems so. ”

Sherrill went on to say that while aircraft tracking has improved and no threats have been identified, there is still “work to do.” (Related: Democratic lawmaker urges Biden administration to be more ‘forward-looking’ on drones, warns of how Chinese Communist Party may be accessing backdoor data)

“We are now able to better track drones. The information that the FBI receives is now closely tracking all reports and we are following up on those reports,” Sherrill added. Ta. “At this point they haven’t identified any threats, but again we’re behind the power curve so there’s still quite a bit of work to do.”

“So far, I think we can feel very good. But what we don’t feel good about, what I don’t feel good about, is that it took too long, we still haven’t communicated. , and I think that’s what I feel: We’re still hearing this from law enforcement on the ground, but we need to understand where the investigation is going and let the public know what’s being discovered. For all of us, communication is still not done properly. To do so, we need a plan for the future. ” said Cheryl. “We need better management going forward. What we’re seeing here at the moment is that we’re taking policies like the 1980s to combat today’s threats, and that’s unacceptable. is.”

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Reports of drone sightings over the East Coast began circulating in early December, with New Jersey residents expressing concern over the increasing number of aircraft being sighted. When asked by a CNN guest host if she felt more confident after receiving a briefing that said the problem was “not that there was anything bad in the sky, but rather that the current communications were bad,” Sheryl said that at the time, she was completely confident. He said he was not convinced.

“I feel like we’re moving towards that at this point,” Sherrill said. “But I’m still not convinced that it’s not just bad communication with the people on the ground, it’s not just bad communication with the people of New Jersey. I’m still not convinced that it’s not just bad communication with the people on the ground. I’m worried that things aren’t going well, and that’s why we need a better plan for how we deal with this problem going forward, who will be in charge, which institutions will lead who. .Other agencies.

“So how are they going to get the equipment we need on the ground very agilely, very quickly so that the FBI can track this? At this point, I feel better about it. We feel like we have a facility on the ground. We’re tracking it,” Sherrill said.

Biden officials continue to downplay the issue, with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas saying on CNN on Friday that most of the sightings were of consumer aircraft and were not a threat.

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