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August 7, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) sent a letter to U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor expressing concerns regarding the Trump administration’s recent OPM guidance that inherently undermines church-state separation.

July 18, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) led their colleagues in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Billy Long expressing concerns regarding the Trump administration’s recent court filing that undermines the constitutional separation of church and state.

May 21, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement regarding House Republicans’ plan to divert billions of dollars in public funds to private, religious schools through a voucher tax giveaway in the new reconciliation package:

April 25, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) led their colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi and other agency heads expressing concerns regarding the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.

January 30, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), and Sean Casten (IL-06) sent a letter to Speaker Johnson to express concerns about funding for the National Prayer Breakfast from anti-LGBTQ+ extremists at the Fellowship Foundation and about the broader constitutional problem with institutionalizing a religious ceremony in the secular Capitol.

January 14, 2025

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, January 15 at 1pm ET, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Vought was a key architect of Project 2025, authoring the chapter that laid out a sweeping plan for OMB and the Executive Office of the President to consolidate unprecedented power over every executive branch department, agency, and program.

September 26, 2024

Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), Founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force and Member of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, helped lead an historic hearing on Trump’s Project 2025 and its devastating impact on families across America. The hearing was hosted by the Steering and Policy Committee in collaboration with House Democratic Leadership and the Stop Project 2025 Task Force.

September 19, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), co-founders of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, released a statement following the Heritage Foundation’s failure to respond to the lawmakers’ request to release secret 180-Day Playbook and come before Congress to answer questions about. The lawmakers are launching a confidential tip line and encouraging members of the public to come forward with any information about the hidden “Fourth Pillar” of Project 2025.