IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 376 
Expressing support for the designation of May 4, 2025, as a ‘‘National 
Day of Reason’’ and recognizing the central importance of reason in 
the betterment of humanity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2025 
Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. TLAIB, and Ms. NORTON) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of May 4, 2025, 
as a ‘‘National Day of Reason’’ and recognizing the 
central importance of reason in the betterment of human-
ity. 
Whereas the application of reason has been the essential pre-
condition for humanity’s extraordinary scientific, medical, 
technological, and social progress since before the found-
ing of the United States; 
Whereas reason provides the necessary framework for con-
fronting the crises of today, including— 
(1) for cultivating our common defense of the rule 
of law, the separation of church and state, strong demo-
cratic institutions, justice, and peace among nations; 
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•HRES 376 IH 
(2) for providing an antidote to the fear and 
disinformation that have fed the rise of authoritarianism 
in the United States; 
(3) for advancing civil liberties and human rights for 
all; and 
(4) for confronting the civilizational emergency of 
climate change; 
Whereas America’s Founders insisted upon the primacy of 
reason and knowledge in public life, and drafted the Con-
stitution to prevent official establishment of religion and 
to protect freedom of thought, speech, and inquiry in civil 
society; 
Whereas the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise 
Clause, grounded in the principle of reason, protect the 
rights of people of all religious faiths and of none at all 
and ensure the United States remains a pluralistic de-
mocracy capable of withstanding theocratic threats to 
secular governance; 
Whereas James Madison, author of the First Amendment 
and fourth President of the United States, stated, ‘‘The 
advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only 
guardian of true liberty’’, and ‘‘Knowledge will forever 
govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own 
governors, must arm themselves with the power knowl-
edge gives’’; 
Whereas Thomas Paine, an American Founding Father and 
luminary patriot of the Enlightenment and American 
Revolution, wrote that reason is ‘‘the most formidable 
weapon against errors of every kind’’; 
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•HRES 376 IH 
Whereas, today. some of our Nation’s leaders would replace 
knowledge, 
facts, 
and 
evidence 
with 
propaganda, 
disinformation, and superstition; and 
Whereas May 4, 2025, would be an appropriate date to des-
ignate as a ‘‘National Day of Reason’’: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of a ‘‘National 
Day of Reason’’; and 
(2) encourages all persons in the United States 
to observe this day and uplift the central importance 
of reason, critical thought, the scientific method, and 
free inquiry to resolving social problems and pro-
moting the welfare of humankind. 
Æ 
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