COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of June 26, 2026

Something in the water or air?:  Since returning from vacation, I have sent 100 personal emails to House staffers.  Only 4 responded and a meeting set up..over my 20 years on the Hill, the response rate was always about 40%  Ouch!

Granted, there are no drug policy / war on drugs bills that will get a hearing this session….still it is discouraging.

During my visit to the House for the one meeting – 3 staffers entered the same elevator…the guy asked what a Long Rider buckle meant.  I gave a brief description.  The woman said, “I read your book!!”   I was flabbergasted.  We had a good chat.

Her brother was an intern at the Grover meeting, we talked and he bought the book that Misty wrote.

Meetings this week:   Grover Norquist right of center meeting

7314 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  01 this week

247 interviews and reports in minor media … 01 this week – radio

COP stats since inception: August 2009

404 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0 this week

506 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 0 this week

102 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

34 major conferences attended – CPAC 2024, (3 UN drug conferences in Vienna, Austria),  LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

Media:  Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, OAN, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribune, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters, Stern

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