mary kennard who is our general counsel and was general counsel at other universities before she came here can give me two both the federal, state and the local level. now, if i were to ask my general counsel as a ceo of any major company might, how the law pertains to something important we do, let's say it's the protection of animals in biology, or psychology labs. or the exposure of my colleagues in an aspect of our physical plan, the hazardous substances or materials. mary kennard who is our general counsel and was general counsel at other universities before she came here can give me two things to read. she can give me the united states code that applies to that area. and the code is the compilation of all the statutes written by congress. and we can find it in the appropriate statutes those things that apply to, let's say, the composition of rugs in classrooms. trust me, you won't find much. the other thing she can give me to read is the code of federal regulations. and that code of federal regulations is very different from the united states code. it's written by agencies of th

mary kennard who is our general counsel and was general counsel at other universities before she came here can give me two things to read. she can give me the united states code that applies to that area. and the code is the compilation of all the statutes written by congress. and we can find it in the appropriate statutes those things that apply to, let's say, the composition of rugs in classrooms. trust me you won't find much. the other thing she can give me to read is the code of federal regulations. and that code of federal regulations is very different from the united states code. it's written by agencies of the federal government. written by people who are not elected. written by people who are deeply expert in how much of what kind of substance you're worried about in this rug is safe for a human being to be exposed to. and that code of federal regulations is developed in a process i'm going to talk about in a moment. and 99 times out of 100, maybe 100 times out of 100 mary is going to give me the code of federal regulations to read, and not the u.s. code. because the code of f