Certainly. If you look at the last 10 years, the number of issues that emerged were very small. When they did emerge as an issue, they were rightfully investigated by the commissioner and addressed appropriately, so the system is working.
Are tweaks needed? For sure. Tweaks can be made. However, our system, in comparison to other OECD...including even the G7, if you want to be more specific.... We do have one of the most rigorous systems in the world.
What are we trying to accomplish? Let's do things that achieve transparency but achieve the value of determining what lobbying is. Is this a sustained lobbying effort? The federal system is, by far, one of the most rigorous in the world.
