It comes especially from farmers who see regulatory efforts as a confiscation of their assets.

In later years the regulatory effort would proceed with more subtlety.

There are big regulatory efforts, problems associated with broadband for the last mile.

In addition, they said it would undermine regulatory efforts.

Protecting children in the online world has become the focus of several legislative and regulatory efforts.

It also said blanket assurances that "beef is safe" could undermine regulatory efforts.

But the draft legislation says the agency must not give up regulatory efforts when an industry merely promises to start work on a voluntary standard.

The ICC served as a model for later regulatory efforts.

At the state level, it said, the regulatory effort is hamstrung by bureaucratic confusion, minimal standards and insufficient staff.

Now legislative and regulatory efforts to deal with the problem are proliferating, too.