Sherry Chenoweth says there?s a need for a federal consumer protection agency. She says there are a number of federal agencies that are supposed to be working for the consumer, such as the FDA, FTC, Highway and traffic safety administration, Yet by the fragmentation and bureaucracy in Washington the consumer is not as well served as he should be. It?s a better idea to bring it all together. No state, city, county can do the whole job of protecting the consumer. We live in industrialized society, most goods move on interstate commerce,. She was asked about whether has she noticed any decrease in complaints coming to the state office from Minneapolis and St. Paul, which have their own consumer protection agencies, because they?ve been handled at city level? Chenoweth replies she supposes a slight decrease in both core cities, but both agencies are so new they don?t? have a large load of consumer complaints yet. There?s a problem with the local agencies because they don?t resemble each other, they?re in different units of government. She?d like to see a strong state agency with branch offices in areas of population concentration such as Mankato, Rochester, Duluth, Moorhead.