Cop on the Hill: Stories from the weeks of April 3, 10 17, 2026 

Stories from the week of April 17, 2026

Put me in Coach:   Just past the Senate security procedure, a guy asked me what a Long Rider was? (on my belt buckle).  After my brief explanation on how to earn the buckle, he asked of my mission in DC…I explained the COP point of view with a few sound bites.  We kept talking…a total of 7-8 minutes.

He was a staffer to a Midwest Senator.  A few years back he had been the coach of his universities’ Debate Club. He offered that my messages were effective and easy to understand and remember.  In my 20 years on the Hill, it was my first professional feedback.

Examples of some buzz phrases I use with Members and Staff:

The government Can Not fix personal stupid.

Make drugs a medical issue, not criminal.

Personal responsibility Must be the cornerstone of drug policy; All Drugs

I can protect you and your family better ​from Bad ​People, if we stop wasting time on Drug People.​

Regarding my push for effective treatment for heroin/fentanyl addiction:

​”please ask the Senator to become Pro-Life for ​his/her constituents that are this tall​” (putting my hand up to the level of the person ​I am talking to.

I incorporate all those points in my 15-minute presentations to staff.

​Personal Note:  After explaining to my doctor my serious symptoms earlier this spring, he recommended two weeks in France…just came back – all better.

Meetings this week:  1 Grover Norquist right of center meetings

7304 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  07 this  week

506 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 02 this week:  two Republican candidates for the US House.

COP stats since inception: August 2009

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

246 interviews and reports in minor media … 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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