Presidential Document2022-22829
National Character Counts Week, 2022
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Published
October 19, 2022
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October 14, 2022
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22829]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 19, 2022 /
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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.
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