This just means that it's "pay to play" not "play to win". There was a freshman congressperson who noted that during their initial, explicitly nonpartisan poli

This just means that it's "pay to play" not "play to win". There was a freshman congressperson who noted that during their initial, explicitly nonpartisan policy briefings that both sides of issues were represented by different lobbying firms. Imagine if there was a policy briefing for Congress around encryption standards and the only voices in the room were vendors selling encryption software. There's no space in that framework to communicate with our governmental leaders about things like open source / the benefits of non-proprietary standards, etc. And it's that way for every conceivable topic.