Richard Blumenthal
Senate Resolution 337, introduced in the United States Senate on December 17, 2015, would, if passed, express the Senate's support of designating February 12, 2016, as Darwin Day, and its recognition of "Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to celebrate the achievements of reason, science, and the advancement of human knowledge."
Introduced by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), S. Res. 337 is the second Darwin Day resolution ever to appear in the Senate. A string of similar bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives, the most recent of which — H. Res. 548 — was introduced by Representative Jim Himes (D-Connecticut) on December 3, 2015.
In a December 18, 2015, press release from the Secular Coalition of America, which worked with Blumenthal on the resolution, Kelly Damerow, the organization's interim executive director, commented, "This resolution celebrates the intellectual bravery and scientific discovery that contribute to the well-being of all people."