Public role and committee context
Nancy Mace is the Representative for South Carolina's 1st district and has served since the 119th Congress, according to official congressional directories.1 Clerk records place her on both the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which ties her directly to UAP-related oversight channels relevant to the 2025 hearing.2
2025 UAP transparency hearing
The Oversight committee announced a Sept. 9, 2025 hearing titled "Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection" and listed the witnesses and date in its official notice.3 The hearing page in turn records the task force hearing in HVC-210 with the same witness slate, confirming the formal House schedule and public access path.4
The official hearing transcript on Congress.gov includes Ms. Mace’s participation, including her repeated questions on special-access compartmentalization, AARO disclosures, and witness safety in open session.5 The accompanying hearing PDF from the Government Publishing Office preserves these same exchanges and shows her exchange with Mr. Borland and later testimony transitions on AARO record access and whistleblower retaliation concerns.6
Public record significance
A House Oversight wrap-up release framed the hearing as part of an ongoing congressional sequence on AARO transparency and whistleblower protection rather than a one-off discussion, indicating sustained public-record scrutiny around the same themes Ms. Mace raised during the hearing.7 The hearing record therefore anchors Nancy Mace’s 2025 UAP transparency activity in a verifiable procedural chain: announcement, hearing execution, transcript, and committee follow-up statement.34567