"What standards have we lowered ourselves to that we can't even get comprehensive and well-informed laws proposed to begin with?"
The same standards that have always existed and always will exist. Laws are made like sausage: don't think too much about what goes into it and be thankful for anything you can get
"Just wait until we get perfect laws" is absolute nonsense. We will never get what you are asking for. You are standing in the way of good in the name of perfect