,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjai,mr4  
,raskin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 and
 ,ms4 ,norton7 submitted the following  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform    
,,resolution  ,expressing support for   
the designation of ,may #b1 #bjai1 as a 
,national ,day of ,reason and           
recognizing the central importance of   
reason in the betterment of humanity4   
,whereas the application of reason has  
been the essential precondition for     
humanity's extraordinary scientific1    
medical1 technological1 and social      
progress since the modern               
,enlightenment2 ,whereas reason provides
 vital hope today for confronting the   
environmental crises of our day1        
including the civilizational emergency  
of climate change1 and for cultivating  
the rule of law1 democratic             
institutions1 justice1 and peace among  
nations2 ,whereas ,america's ,founders  

insisted upon the primacy of reason and 
knowledge in public life1 and drafted   
the ,constitution to prevent official   
establishment of religion and to protect
 freedom of thought1 speech1 and inquiry
 in civil society2 ,whereas ,james      
,madison1 author of the ,first          
,amendment and fourth ,president of the 
,united ,states1 stated that1 ,the      
advancement and diffusion of knowledge  
is the only guardian of true liberty1   
and ,knowledge will forever govern      
ignorance1 and a people who mean to be  
their own governors1 must arm themselves
 with the power knowledge gives42 and   
,whereas ,may #b1 #bjai1 would be an    
appropriate date to designate as a      
,national ,day of ,reason3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of    
,representatives--  7#a7 supports the   
designation of a ,national ,day of      
,reason2 and  7#b7 encourages all       
citizens1 residents1 and visitors to    
join in observing this day and focusing 
on the central importance of reason1    

critical thought1 the scientific method1
 and free inquiry to resolving social   
problems and promoting the welfare of   
humankind4