If it happens in a public and open session of the legislature with multiple other sources of guidance and information available then that's how it's supposed to

If it happens in a public and open session of the legislature with multiple other sources of guidance and information available then that's how it's supposed to work. I suspect this is not how the majority of "guidance" is actually being offered. I also guess this is probably a really good way to find new sources of campaign "donations." It's also a really good way for monopolistic players to keep a strangle hold on a nascent market.