expeditiously." Kampia attacked the federal government's medical cannabis policies, as well as subcommittee chairman Mark Souder (R-Ind.) – one of the House's most vehement opponents of medical cannabis. Kampia was the only anti-prohibitionist to testify at the hearing. Kampia has debated the cannabis issue on national TV against then White House Deputy Drug Czar Andrea Barthwell, then-Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA) (who subsequently lobbied for MPP), then DEA administrator Asa Hutchinson, then California Attorney General Dan Lungren, and other prohibitionists. Kampia has also discussed the cannabis issue on National Public Radio's Justice Talking with Margot Adler andmore recently in January 2006on NPR's All Things Considered. Electoral politics Kampia ran for Washington D.C.'s congressional seat in 2000, as a member of the Libertarian Party. He was defeated by Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). He supported former Congressman Bob Barr in the 2008 presidential election, saying that Barr was "the only presidential candidate who is in favor of reducing the size of the federal government while also supporting civil liberties." References External links Official MPP Website Kampia's appearance on MSNBC to discuss marijuana's status as the U.S. number 1 cash crop Kampia's appearance at the Austin Freedom Fest Kampia discusses MPP for the organization's year end review American cannabis activists 1969 births Living people People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University alumni Washington, D.C., Libertarians