With too many lawmakers lacking in expertise, lobbyists have filled the void. Warren wants to reverse the trend
rolled out by Warren’s presidential campaign is meant to shift the expertise back to Congress and the federal government and to wean lawmakers off of industry-funded research and talking points.
In “Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate Lobbyists,” Warren calls for reviving the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, increasing funding for the Congressional Research Service and making salaries for Capitol Hill staffers more competitive to attract subject-matter experts who might otherwise go work in the private sector.
In her announcement, Warren recounts the 2010 legislative battle to reform Wall Street and create a consumer-protection bureau. She describes how the bank lobbyists “bombarded the members of Congress with complex arguments filled with obscure terms,” seeking to swamp lawmakers and their staffers with jargon and technical language in an effort to water down regulations aimed at preventing the next Wall Street crash.
Warren’s three-part plan would reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment, which supplied Congress with nonpartisan, forward-looking reports and guidance on issues related to technology and science. Created in 1972, the OTA was long a popular resource for members of Congress but fell victim to the Newt Gingrich-led Republican majority in 1995.
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