[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 7, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 63187-63188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22349]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 10091 of October 1, 2020

                
National Manufacturing Day, 2020

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Since the founding of our Nation, Americans have been 
                renowned for their craftsmanship and productivity. On 
                National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate our dedicated 
                American workers who carry on this legacy, recognizing 
                that manufacturing is a cornerstone of our economic 
                prosperity and national security. The workmanship and 
                ingenuity of American manufacturers make ``Made in the 
                U.S.A.'' an enduring stamp of patriotism and 
                excellence, and we will always support the men and 
                women whose work ensures that American manufacturing is 
                second to none.

                Since my first day in office, I have put America first, 
                ushering in an unprecedented manufacturing revival. In 
                2017, I signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 
                supercharging our economic resurgence after more than a 
                decade of stagnation. My Administration also embarked 
                on a long-overdue effort to eliminate unnecessary and 
                burdensome regulations, unleashing the full potential 
                of our manufacturers. Under my leadership, we also 
                renegotiated one-sided and unfair trade deals, finally 
                putting American workers and their interests first to 
                ensure they can compete on a level playing field with 
                their foreign counterparts.

                These policies and achievements have delivered historic 
                results for the American worker and American families. 
                Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, our Nation had added 
                more than 483,000 manufacturing jobs since my 
                inauguration. In addition, more than 430 organizations 
                have signed my Administration's Pledge to America's 
                workers, committing to providing education and training 
                opportunities for 16 million American students and 
                workers over the next 5 years, with manufacturing 
                workers as a primary beneficiary. Thanks to the 
                renegotiated United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, 
                which I signed in September of 2018, American 
                manufacturers are being treated more fairly on the 
                global stage, and we ended a bilateral trade deficit of 
                more than 170 percent caused by previous 
                administrations' disastrous policies. In January of 
                this year, I also delivered on my promise to replace 
                the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement by 
                signing into law the United States-Mexico-Canada 
                Agreement, which will create nearly 600,000 new jobs--
                including 76,000 in the auto industry alone--and spur 
                up to $235 billion in new economic activity for our 
                country.

                In recent months, the vital importance of our Nation's 
                manufacturing sector to the strength, security, and 
                resilience of our country has become abundantly clear. 
                Since the arrival of the coronavirus from China, the 
                health and safety of the American people has depended 
                more than ever on American manufacturing for essential 
                goods and medical supplies. To help facilitate the 
                delivery of essential supplies and goods, I invoked the 
                Defense Production Act and related authorities more 
                than 100 times since March to launch the greatest 
                manufacturing mobilization since the Second World War, 
                quickly focusing the might of American industry toward 
                defeating the virus. Our manufacturers have delivered 
                when they were needed most, working with Federal, 
                State, and local government partners to produce more 
                than 240 million N95 respirators, one billion surgical 
                masks, 45 million face shields, 430 million gowns, and 
                28 billion gloves--in addition to continuing to keep

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                grocery store shelves stocked and deliver other 
                essential goods to the American people. The men and 
                women who occupy manufacturing sector jobs have been 
                and continue to be heroes in this effort, ensuring the 
                strength of our supply chain and fueling our nationwide 
                response to the virus.

                As our Nation continues to reopen, we know that our 
                manufacturing sector is vital to our economic recovery. 
                Already, we are seeing signs that a historic resurgence 
                is well underway; we added 29,000 manufacturing jobs in 
                August alone, the same month in which manufacturing 
                activity reached a 19-month high. American workers have 
                pioneered the greatest advancements in history, and 
                they will overcome this latest challenge as well and 
                continue to transform lives around the world. Today, as 
                we celebrate National Manufacturing Day and our 
                Nation's exceptional manufacturing heritage, let us 
                resolve to expand American excellence in manufacturing 
                into the future, securing our national prosperity for 
                generations to come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Trump, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim October 2, 2020, as 
                National Manufacturing Day. I call upon all Americans 
                to observe this day to celebrate today's manufacturing 
                and the U.S. manufacturers that make our communities 
                strong.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                first day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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