“In recent decades, members of the House and Senate discovered that if they give away that power to the Article II branch of government, they can also deny responsibility for its actions. So today in Washington, most policy is no longer set by Congress at all, but by the Administrative State. Given the choice between being powerful but vulnerable or irrelevant but famous, most Members of Congress have chosen the latter.”
Citation: Kevin D. Roberts, Project 2025 Foreword, page 39, paragraph 7
Context:
Is…the Administrative State in the room with us right now? I kid. In context, he’s arguing that Congress is increasingly useless (I agree), and claiming that unelected bureaucrats in various government departments are the ones effectively setting the laws.
Full contextual analysis of the foreword here.
Section: Section: Foreword
Categories: Congress, Government