[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60331-60332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25766]



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Vol. 83

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No. 226

November 23, 2018

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 9826--National Family Week, 2018
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                Proclamation 9826 of November 16, 2018

                
National Family Week, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Family Week, we celebrate the 
                immeasurable contributions, influence, and virtues of 
                one of the greatest institutions--the family. Whether 
                related by biology, marriage, or adoption, the family 
                is a primary source of unconditional love and steadfast 
                support. Strong families multiply joy, share 
                challenges, and provide firm foundations for each 
                member's growth and success in life. Families are 
                central to learning values, and they enrich our 
                neighborhoods, communities, and Nation.

                My Administration is focused on creating an environment 
                in which families can thrive. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 
                has produced larger paychecks for workers, who are now 
                keeping more of their hard-earned income. Due to this 
                historic legislation and the elimination of unnecessary 
                and burdensome regulations, the unemployment rate 
                dropped to its lowest point in nearly 50 years last 
                month, and more Americans are working today than ever 
                before in our history. We have fought for and 
                implemented more family-friendly policies like doubling 
                the child tax credit and making it available to low-
                income working families; creating the dependent tax 
                credit for taxpayers with children over the age of 16 
                and non-child dependents; and establishing an employer 
                tax credit for paid family and medical leave. I also 
                created, by Executive Order, the first ever National 
                Council for the American Worker, to enhance Americans' 
                access to the skills and support necessary to secure 
                and retain a good paying job. In both of my budgets, I 
                have also requested congressional funding for a 
                national paid family leave program. All of these 
                reforms are giving much-needed financial relief to 
                hardworking parents. When Americans have greater 
                opportunities to work and provide for their families, 
                our Nation is stronger and more prosperous.

                Every family, regardless of its social status or 
                background, faces its own challenges. Tragically, many 
                American family members are in the midst of a heart-
                wrenching and difficult battle against drug addiction. 
                For this reason, I have tasked my Administration with 
                strengthening our public health and safety response to 
                the arising crisis of opioid and other drug addiction. 
                In February, I secured $6 billion in new funding for 
                combating the opioid epidemic. In March, I released my 
                Administration's plan to address the epidemic by 
                reducing drug demand, cutting off the flow of illicit 
                drugs, expanding access to overdose prevention and 
                evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, and 
                conducting research to improve prevention and 
                treatment. And, last month, I signed the historic 
                SUPPORT Act, which will reduce the length of time 
                children spend in foster care due to a parent who is 
                struggling with a substance use disorder. We will 
                continue to remain firm in our commitment to provide 
                help to families devastated by opioid addiction.

                This week, we recognize in a special way that American 
                families are integral to building and sustaining our 
                great Nation, and we thank God for this precious gift. 
                We must encourage and support the success of our 
                families so that they can create loving and nurturing 
                homes for all our children.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution

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                and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim 
                November 18 through November 24, 2018, as National 
                Family Week. I invite communities, churches, and 
                individuals to observe this week with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities to honor our Nation's 
                families.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
                
                
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