The problem is the front people - the congressional official - has to field knowledge over an area that is 10 miles wide, but the depth of their knowledge is like, 10 inches. It has gotten way too big and the fact they spend a great deal of time fundraising to stay in office means it falls to the minions who remain anonymous. And it is the opposite problem - the congressional official is too old, and much of the staff is too young and inexperienced. But it is definitely a resume builder ' I worked for so and so' can get you into 1) powerful jobs up the food chain or 2) much more lucrative paying jobs. Consider the fact that Mike Flynn's law firm pre Sidney Powell was $1K/hour. You can't say with a straight face they would command that kind of money if they didn't have the political connections.

I read a book a few years ago by doctor who worked a fellowship for one of the senator offices from either WY or MT when Obamacare was being written. He made an observation to a couple of people that the people actually doing the physical writing of the legislation, while bright young eager beavers, knew very little about the topics they were tasked to write about. For example, he was in a meeting and he and another doctor were discussing coronary artery bypass grafts and referring to it by its acronym CABG (medical field loves its acronyms as much as the military loves theirs). The staff lawyer, who is basically in his first job out of law school interrupts to ask why they are talking about vegetables? I get you can't expect someone to know everything about everything, but if you are writing the rules the rest of us have to live by, you should damn well have some knowledge of the topic. When the doctor tells his colleagues this and his frustration, they soberly look at him and reply 'who do you think writes all the legislation now?'