Have you ever met a Member of Congress?

Senator Chuck Schumer, while I was doing restoration work after Hurricane Sandy.

Yea, when I was in college I met our then current US senator Gordon Smith while we were tailgating in a train station parking lot before a parade. And in high school I also met one of our former retired US senators, who served for 30 years, Mark Hatfield. He has since passed away. Both were very cool when I met them. I think that's because they are politicians so are just personable people.

I have met David Duke, a former member of Congress.

A friend of mine went to D.C. for a major conference on Lupus. She had the chance to talk to both our senators about the need for healthcare reform for patients with long term needs like Lupus patients. She said they both really listened and seemed interested. Then they both voted against Obamacare, which made insurance available to people with pre-existing conditions. So they pretended to care.

I hung out with Metallica in an airport bar once.

I was eating Dinner and Chuck Schumer sat in a table right next to me

I wanted to say something to him but I thought I should let him just enjoy his meal

The late senator Fred Thompson was a family friend. I met Lamar Alexander on a couple of occasions, once when he was the governor of Tennessee and again when he was a senator. I was eating in a local BBQ joint years ago when Al Gore came in to eat but I didn’t get to speak to him.