[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 81337-81338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25980]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 10675 of November 17, 2023

                
National Family Week, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                My father always said that family is the beginning, the 
                middle, and the end. Family is everything. During 
                National Family Week, we celebrate the love, support, 
                and resilience of the tens of millions of American 
                families that make our Nation strong and keep the 
                American Dream alive.

                For too long, too many families in this country have 
                lived with the prospect of an uncertain future. Too 
                many parents have lain awake at night staring at the 
                ceiling, wondering how they will make rent, send their 
                kids to college, retire, or pay for medication. Too 
                many have had to move far away from their hometowns to 
                earn a living. I ran for President to change all that--
                to finally rebuild a strong middle class and grow our 
                economy from the middle out and bottom up, giving 
                hardworking families across the country a little more 
                breathing room.

                The historic legislation that we have since enacted is 
                delivering, investing in American families and in 
                America's future. The American Rescue Plan kept 
                millions of families in their homes, food on the table, 
                and folks on the job through the pandemic. Thanks to 
                the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, over 40,000 projects 
                are currently underway to rebuild our Nation's roads, 
                bridges, and ports, expand access to clean drinking 
                water, and connect every home to high-speed internet. 
                We are also working to revitalize American 
                manufacturing--we have helped create nearly 800,000 
                manufacturing jobs, and through the CHIPS and Science 
                Act, we are making historic investments across the 
                country. The Inflation Reduction Act has made health 
                care coverage cheaper for nearly 15 million Americans--
                it is set to cap out-of-pocket prescription drug costs 
                for seniors on Medicare at $2,000 per year, and it has 
                already slashed their insulin costs to $35 per month 
                from as much as $400, helping families pay their 
                monthly bills. Through the PACT Act, we are helping 
                veterans who were exposed to toxic materials while 
                serving get the health care and benefits that they and 
                their families deserve. I am fighting hard to protect 
                children and families from the scourge of gun 
                violence--last year, I signed our Nation's most 
                significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years, 
                strengthening background checks, increasing the 
                effective use of red flag laws, and expanding access to 
                mental health services. I am fighting to ensure that 
                all families have equal rights and dignity. That is why 
                I was so proud to sign the Respect for Marriage Act 
                into law, protecting the right to marriage for same-sex 
                and interracial couples. I also signed an Executive 
                Order that calls for the most comprehensive set of 
                executive actions of any administration in history to 
                increase high-quality child care, long-term care, and 
                support for caregivers, ensuring that families have 
                access to the support they need.

                We have more to do to keep building on all of this 
                progress, to make sure that every family in America has 
                an equal shot at a better life of dignity and respect. 
                During National Family Week, we celebrate the 
                importance of spending time with loved ones, both the 
                families that we are born into and the families that we 
                create throughout our lives. Families are an essential 
                part of the glue that holds our Nation together across 
                generations, and we will never stop investing in their 
                dreams.

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                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 November 19 
                through November 25, 2023, as National Family Week. I 
                invite States, communities, and individuals to join 
                together in observing this week with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities to honor our Nation's 
                families.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventeenth day of November, 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-
                eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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