Dear Leader Thune and Senator Paul:

We write to urge the passage of the Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act (H.R. 1515) and the Information Quality Assurance Act (IQAA) (H.R. 6329)—bipartisan transparency measures that already passed the House of Representatives. These practical reforms build on a strong bipartisan tradition of transparency, such as the Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023.

Regulatory agencies issue more than 3,000 new rules annually but also rely extensively on policymaking that is much harder to track: guidance documents, interpretive rules, policy statements, memoranda, FAQs, circulars, and other sub-regulatory materials. In essence, “regulatory dark matter.” In past Congresses, the Senate succeeded in advancing efforts to shed light on these directives with broad bipartisan support, and so, too, should this Senate.

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