Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025

Floor Speech

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Mrs. McCLAIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, the Information Quality Assurance Act. This bill is common sense and restores accountability, transparency, and trust in how the Federal Government uses information to make decisions that impact the American people.

Every day, Federal agencies issue regulations that affect our workers, our small businesses, and our local communities. These decisions can carry billions of dollars of economic consequences. Yet, too often, those rules are based on incomplete data, outdated science, or information that hasn't been properly reviewed for accuracy or transparency. That is simply bad governing.

Americans deserve to know that when Washington bureaucrats act, they are using reliable, high-quality information, not assumptions, not political agendas, and not flawed data.

My bill strengthens safeguards to ensure Federal agencies rely on data that meets clear standards for objectivity, integrity, and accountability before new regulations move forward. This bill makes government work better. It ensures decisions are guided by facts, and it protects taxpayers from costly regulatory mistakes.

Businesses, job creators, and families deserve confidence that Federal rules are grounded in reality and not bureaucracy. At its core, this is about trust. It is about trust that government decisions are fair, trust that agencies are transparent, and trust that the American people come before politics.

The Information Quality Assurance Act reinforces a basic principle. Better information leads to better policy, and better policy leads to better outcomes for the American people.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud that this effort brings accountability back into the rulemaking process, and I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation.

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