National Manufacturing Day, 2022, 61443-61444 [2022-22263]

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 12, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 61443-61444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22263]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 196 / Wednesday, October 12, 2022 / 
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                Proclamation 10468 of October 6, 2022

                
National Manufacturing Day, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Manufacturing is the backbone of America, powering our 
                economy and building our middle class. Over the past 
                year and a half, we have been making ``Buy American'' a 
                reality, not just a slogan, and bringing jobs and 
                companies home. This year's National Manufacturing Day 
                comes in the midst of an American manufacturing boom, 
                as we celebrate the strength and resilience of the 
                American worker and recommit to the investments and 
                innovation that will ensure the future is Made in 
                America.

                Throughout the pandemic, even as factories closed and 
                supply chains stalled, American workers showed 
                incredible ingenuity and resolve to keep our country 
                moving forward. Today, we are experiencing the 
                strongest manufacturing rebound at this point in a 
                presidency in 3 decades, adding 668,000 manufacturing 
                jobs since my Administration began. Employers have 
                announced $200 billion in new manufacturing investments 
                here since 2021, and manufacturing construction has 
                more than doubled as companies are betting on America 
                again. But to really guarantee our economic strength 
                and national security, we have to do more by investing 
                in infrastructure, innovation, and our own supply 
                chains to bring prices down and good-paying union jobs 
                home.

                That is why last fall, I signed the Bipartisan 
                Infrastructure Law, a once-in-a-generation investment 
                in America's roads, bridges, railways, and ports, which 
                will boost demand for American iron, steel, and 
                construction materials. It is why we are helping to 
                train the workforce of the future--supporting STEM 
                education and tech hubs across the country, pushing 
                companies to partner with community colleges and 
                technical schools, and bolstering Registered 
                Apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programs funded 
                by the American Rescue Plan. It is why we are using the 
                Government's purchasing power to grow the market for 
                American-made goods. One of the first things I did as 
                President was tighten Federal ``Buy American'' 
                provisions, raising the amount of required domestic 
                content from 55 percent to 75 percent. When the Federal 
                Government spends taxpayer dollars, it should spend 
                them on American-made products.

                Meanwhile, we are investing in tomorrow's biggest 
                industries--clean energy; advanced biotechnology; 
                quantum computing; and semiconductors, the computer 
                chips that power everything from smartphones to 
                dishwashers and cars. In August, I signed the CHIPS and 
                Science Act, securing significant funding for domestic 
                manufacturing and research and development. America 
                invented the semiconductor; this law brings it back 
                home--and it is already drawing tens of billions of 
                dollars in private-sector investment and will create 
                tens of thousands of jobs. I also recently signed the 
                game-changing Inflation Reduction Act, which allocates 
                a record $369 billion to fight climate change, boosting 
                demand for energy-efficient appliances, homes, and cars 
                and creating millions of good-paying clean-energy and 
                clean-manufacturing jobs.

                America is the only Nation in the world that can be 
                defined in a single word: possibilities. American 
                manufacturing makes those possibilities real. Today, on 
                National Manufacturing Day, thousands of manufacturers 
                across

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                the country are opening their doors to give a new 
                generation of students, teachers, and builders a 
                glimpse of the opportunities that a career in modern 
                manufacturing offers. We stand with them and commit to 
                winning not just the jobs of today but the jobs and 
                industries of tomorrow. The United States is in a 
                position to outcompete the world once again.

                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 7, 
                2022, as National Manufacturing Day. I encourage all 
                Americans to look for ways to get involved in your 
                community and join me in participating in National 
                Manufacturing Day, and, most importantly, buy American.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixth 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.
                
                
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