Comment by tareqak

I think that that needs to be what I call “the dog shall not bark up the wrong tree” laws where an organization cannot spend its resources on influencing the laws that manage its conduct. You can argue that it makes sense that these people understand the problem best so they should have some input into the decision-making process. However, I think that the most they should do is present the raw data of their operations sanitized of only the sensitive information that they are required to sanitize by law and no more. Otherwise, they are just government lobbyists lobbying for their advantage.