The biggest problem with government regulations and their effect on an industry is the enforcement budget never matches the public expectation of how much enforcement will occur.

Full enforcement is never cheap, so very selective enforcement is what is accomplished with the limited assets available. What gets enforced is enforced, and the rest is taken care of on an as-assets-are-available basis. The problem is, the assets are never available.

So, no matter what laws are passed, and what subsequent regulations are drafted by the agency responsible to enforce the law, unless the resources (trained and qualified people in sufficient numbers, matched with the right equipment and facilities) are funded and deployed, nothing changes.

Every administration back to Washington has had this problem.