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When Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) found out that a Trump administration rule that restricts research using fetal tissue from elective abortions was hampering scientists seeking treatments for the novel coronavirus, he had a coterie of like-minded members of Congress ready to help him protest.
Marin’s representative in Congress, Rep. Jared Huffman, has cofounded a new Congressional Freethought Caucus to counter what he sees as a frontal assault on science and reason by the Trump administration.
A congressional caucus is a group of Congress members who meet periodically to discuss common legislative goals.
Huffman has also sponsored a related resolution to designate Thursday as a National Day of Reason, which would be observed on the same day as the congressionally designated National Day of Prayer.
A new religious group in the US House of Representatives is advocating for more representation and influence. Those members? The nonreligious.