You're citing what Congress said, and I'm talking about what regulators actually did; take a look at GWU's graph's relating to regulatory agency rules and sizes

You're citing what Congress said, and I'm talking about what regulators actually did; take a look at GWU's graph's relating to regulatory agency rules and sizes, as well as the data on the Federal Register: https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/reg-stats https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/reg-stats edit: look at this graph, which shows the total code of regulations expanding almost monotonically https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs3306/f/image/RegStats/July_9_2020_Update/GW%20Reg%20Studies%20-%20Pages%20in%20the%20Code%20of%20Federal%20Regulations%20-%20Reg%20Stats_July%202020.pdf https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/za...