But if so, it just shows that there are way too many laws.

No, it's his job to write the law. But...

Too many 2000-page bills. Too many "you have to pass it to know what's in it" bills. They can write it, and still not know what it says. But the hammer should fall on them for that, too, because if they had done a decent job writing it, it wouldn't be so hard to know what it says.

Indeed, the Speaker of the House is arguably the most powerful member of the legislative branch. In the disastrous event that the President and Vice-President die or are otherwise incapacitated, the Speaker is next in line to head the government. In his or her legislative capacity, the Speaker also wields a vast amount of power, (largely) deciding which legislation comes up for debate or vote, and what sort of practices are acceptable in the legislative chamber.

Yea I'm a nobody and I know about over 10,000 dollar transaction reports. Anyone with actual assets sure should

Well a load of Journalists in the UK got of with the argument that they didn't know that bribing police officers/civil service wasn't illegal.

Of course the ones who got paid are doing 3 years in jail (and will probably lose all their pensions) whist the hacks got off scott free