[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 19, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 63395-63396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22829]


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                Proclamation 10478 of October 14, 2022

                
National Character Counts Week, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Character Counts Week, we reflect on 
                the highest standards of character--integrity, courage, 
                empathy, decency, and respect--that lift each other up, 
                bring our communities together, and make our Nation 
                stronger.

                Through simple acts of kindness and inspiring 
                demonstrations of selflessness, we see the best of 
                America's character every day. We see it in teachers 
                who take extra time after school to practice reading 
                with the students who are falling behind, in our 
                scientists and essential workers who create and deliver 
                life-saving products to people in need, and in our 
                first responders who rush towards danger to save others 
                no matter the cost as we have seen this month with 
                Hurricane Ian. We see how character counts in our 
                service members who give their all to protect the 
                freedoms we hold so dear. Time and again, Americans 
                prove that we are a great Nation because we are a good 
                people.

                Since coming into office, I have championed policies 
                that reflect the values our Nation stands for at its 
                best. In my State of the Union Address, I put forth a 
                Unity Agenda to rally our Nation to beat the opioid 
                epidemic, take on the mental health crisis, support our 
                brave veterans and their families, and end cancer as we 
                know it. I reaffirmed our Nation's commitment to 
                standing against hate, racism, and bigotry by hosting a 
                first-of-its kind ``United We Stand'' Summit at the 
                White House and announcing new measures to counter 
                hate-fueled violence. In September, my Administration 
                released a national strategy to end hunger as we know 
                it by 2030, a moral duty we all share. In everything we 
                do, including rebuilding our economy and leaving no one 
                behind, fighting climate change and protecting the 
                health of our public and our planet, and reducing costs 
                of every day issues talked about around the kitchen 
                table--like prescription drugs, health care, and energy 
                bills--we see how character counts in how we choose to 
                see one another as fellow Americans and treat one 
                another with the dignity and respect we all deserve.

                Now as much as ever, as Americans confront new threats 
                to our personal rights, the pursuit of justice, and the 
                rule of law that try the very soul of this Nation, we 
                must all strive even harder to remember that character 
                counts. I believe in the character of the people of 
                this Nation, and I have never been more optimistic 
                about our future than I am today.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 16 
                through October 22, 2022, as National Character Counts 
                Week. Now and throughout the year, I encourage all 
                Americans to engage in efforts that honor and express 
                the best attributes of our character, extend the hand 
                of fellowship to their neighbors, and unite in service 
                to their communities.


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

[FR Doc. 2022-22829
Filed 10-18-22; 8:45 am]
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