Presidential Document2022-25740
National Child's Day, 2022
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Published
November 23, 2022
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November 18, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 71505-71506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25740]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10499 of November 18, 2022
National Child's Day, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every child deserves to be safe and loved--anchored by
a supportive family, a welcoming community, and a
Nation devoted to their education, health, safety, and
well-being. On National Child's Day, we renew our
commitment to making America the best place in the
world to grow up.
America's youngest generation is set to become the
best-educated, most accomplished, and most tolerant in
our history. Across the country, children are studying
hard, modeling kindness and compassion, and making
their voices heard on today's biggest issues--from
climate change to human rights, health care to gun
violence, and racial justice to immigration. America's
youth make me more optimistic than ever about this
Nation's future, and I know that, by investing in their
success today, we can shape a more prosperous, secure,
and just world tomorrow.
That is why I signed the American Rescue Plan at the
start of my Presidency, providing $130 billion to
public K-12 schools to help them pay teacher salaries,
fund renovations, and launch new afterschool and summer
tutoring programs. During my first year in office,
preschools, elementary schools, and high schools hired
a record 279,000 new educators, and almost every single
school that closed at the height of the pandemic is now
up and running. To continue this progress and ensure
that no child's future is limited by the neighborhood
where they are raised, I am calling on the Congress to
more than double funding for historically neglected
Title I schools, which serve children from low-income
families.
At the same time, our American Rescue Plan expanded
health insurance to over a million children and cut
child poverty by nearly 50 percent. I have taken on the
youth mental health crisis by making it easier for
children across America to receive support through
their pediatricians' offices and helping schools hire
more counselors and social workers. I secured funding
through our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace
lead pipes across the Nation and ensure that no parent
has to second-guess the quality of the water coming out
of a school's drinking fountains.
As part of the White House Conference on Hunger,
Nutrition, and Health that I convened this fall--the
first in 50 years--we released a national strategy to
end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases, starting
by expanding free school meals to 9 million more kids
by 2032. And during Pride Month this year, I signed an
Executive Order to provide support to LGBTQI+ children
and families, who deserve the same dignity and respect
as all Americans. This order addresses discriminatory
legislative attacks on LGBTQI+ people and youth,
safeguards access to health care, prevents harmful so-
called ``conversion therapy,'' and addresses the
LGBTQI+ youth mental health crisis. I will also ensure
that the United States continues to defend and fully
implement the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, a law I
was proud to support that protects Native children and
families in the welfare system and involves Tribes in
child welfare cases.
Additionally, to improve children's safety at home, in
classrooms, and in child care settings, my
Administration rolled out COVID-19 vaccines for kids 6
months and older. I also took action on gun violence,
signing a
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historic law to keep firearms out of the hands of
people who are a danger to themselves and to others--
the first major bipartisan gun safety legislation in
nearly 30 years. I will continue pushing the Congress
to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and
support universal background checks, because no student
in this country should fear for their life and no
parent should worry about whether their child will come
home safe from school.
America became a world leader because we invested in
the well-being of our children and their families. We
pioneered new medicines, improved nutrition, expanded
educational opportunity for all children, and
drastically reduced infant mortality. Today, we have
another chance to shape a future our Nation can be
proud of. By ensuring every child in America has a safe
and supportive upbringing, we can give our kids the
chance to be healthier, happier, and more successful
than ever before. For the good of the country and the
world, this work cannot wait.
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 20,
2022, as National Child's Day. I call upon all
government officials, educators, volunteers, and all
the people of the United States of America to observe
this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and
activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighteenth day of November, 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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[FR Doc. 2022-25740
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