[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 33525-33526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11202]


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                Proclamation 10583 of May 19, 2023

                
Emergency Medical Services Week, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Every day, across our country, paramedics, emergency 
                medical technicians, 911 dispatchers, and other first 
                responders rush to fellow Americans' aid with 
                compassion and lifesaving strength. During Emergency 
                Medical Services (EMS) Week, we celebrate their service 
                and recommit to getting them the resources and support 
                they need to do their essential frontline work for us 
                all.

                The pandemic made every American aware of the absolute 
                courage and incredible sacrifices made by EMS providers 
                nationwide. They have had to work longer hours, taking 
                on new roles and new risks, often at great personal 
                cost--whether braving a deadly virus, rushing to save 
                victims of gun violence, enduring dangerous natural 
                disasters, or simply supporting people at the most 
                vulnerable moments of their lives. We owe them. We have 
                a duty to care for those who care for us.

                Since I took office, my Administration has worked to 
                help State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments 
                keep EMS providers on the payroll, buy better 
                equipment, and improve training. We have made resources 
                available to help first responders deal with trauma and 
                burnout. And we are helping to ease the crippling 
                student debt burden that so many EMS providers live 
                with by finally fixing the Public Service Loan 
                Forgiveness program. I am proud that, to date, we have 
                helped over 450,000 public service employees, including 
                EMS providers, see billions of dollars in student loans 
                erased. Meanwhile, we are working to ease staffing 
                shortages by making it easier for fire departments to 
                retain and recruit more firefighters, who often provide 
                emergency medical services so other first responders 
                will not be stretched thin.

                Saving lives is not just what tireless EMS providers 
                do--it is who they are. I have seen their commitment up 
                close. They are the steel spine of our Nation, and they 
                give each of us the peace of mind of knowing that 
                someone will be there to catch us if we fall.

                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 May 21 through 
                May 27, 2023, as National Emergency Medical Services 
                Week. I call upon public officials, doctors, nurses, 
                paramedics, EMS providers, and all the people of the 
                United States to observe this week with appropriate 
                programs, ceremonies, and activities to honor our brave 
                EMS workers and to pay tribute to the EMS providers who 
                have lost their lives in the line of duty.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2023-11202
Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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