COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of September 6, 2024

Not hanging up my Spurs, yet:

In the past nearly 18 years on the Hill I have worn out two sets of boot leather and had to switch to comfortable walking shoes.  Five years later my right knee barked “no más = no more.”  I am currently seeing various doctors for the okays to have it replaced.  The timetable is about 1 December (luckily the wait time is only about 3 months)..

The timing is good in that Congress will soon be out of session for the rest of the year…as you know 0.0 is done during October and after  the Nov.5 election…with a good recovery I should be ready to go, when Congress opens a new session on January 3, 2025.

I am a bit melancholy about this situation.  Yes, the seasons change and life changes and we do not stay 25 forever.  Still,……

I’ll keep you posted from time to time about the knee and any events… During my vacation I expect to have a meeting in mid-October in Switzerland with the government doctor in charge of their heroin treatment program.

This Week:

01 meeting.. Grover Norquist center-right meeting

COP stats since inception: August 2009

6081 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 0 this week

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

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

117 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 this week

245 interviews and reports in minor media … 0 this week –

102 Radio Interviews:  01 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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