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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.
Washington, D.C. – Today Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), founders of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s guidance on prayer in public schools:
Washington, D.C.- As the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court continues, the co-founders of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, Congressmen Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), led congressional colleagues in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee outlining Kavanaugh’s alarming record on core American principles of state-church separation and religious liberty.
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.
Washington, D.C.- Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), and Dan Kildee (D-MI) announced the launch of the Congressional Freethought Caucus to promote sound public policy based on reason, science, and moral values, protect the secular character of our government, and champion the value of freedom of thought worldwide.