Presidential Document2023-10665
Mother's Day, 2023
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Published
May 17, 2023
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May 12, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 31465-31466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10665]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 17, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10580 of May 12, 2023
Mother's Day, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Mother's Day, we celebrate the moms and the women
filling the role of a mother in our lives, who bless us
with a total sense of what it means to be family. They
believe in us so we can believe in ourselves. They
sacrifice to give us opportunities they never had. They
are there for us at our highest points and our lowest
moments, lifting us up when we need it most.
The lessons I learned from my mother, Catherine Eugenia
``Jean'' Finnegan Biden, continue to guide me today.
She led with honor. She believed everyone deserved to
be treated equally. She reminded my siblings and me
that failure was inevitable, but giving up was never an
option. She would say that courage is the greatest
virtue, because without courage, you cannot love with
abandon.
My wife, First Lady Jill Biden, has loved our children
and grandchildren with abandon as well. She was the
glue that helped put our family back together after my
boys and I experienced profound loss. Every day, her
joy, wisdom, and strength bring light to so many,
including the students she teaches full time.
Across the country, mothers are nurturing children,
providing for families, and driving innovation in every
field. They serve at the highest levels of government,
lead our Nation's military, and power our economy--
running some of the biggest companies in the world and
operating beloved small businesses on Main Streets
across America. At the same time, many mothers work
night shifts and jobs that often do not pay them enough
to make ends meet and support their families. As moms
continue knocking down the barriers that stand in the
way of all women and girls reaching their full
potential, my Administration is working to give them
support and opportunity. Our American Rescue Plan
helped keep the doors open for 220,000 child care
providers--90 percent of which are owned and staffed by
women--so families could go to work while their
children were cared for. We expanded the Child Tax
Credit and cut child poverty in half during our first
year in office. The historic infrastructure,
manufacturing, and clean energy laws I signed as part
of our Investing in America agenda are creating good-
paying jobs for women in sectors where they have been
previously underrepresented. And to ensure that new and
expecting mothers can thrive in the workplace, I signed
into law new protections for pregnant workers and
nursing parents in the workplace: the Pregnant Workers
Fairness Act and the Providing Urgent Maternal
Protections for Nursing Mothers Act.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris is leading the
charge to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for all
women and to make sure pregnant women and moms in all
communities are treated fairly. We released a Blueprint
for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis to lower the
rates of maternal mortality and morbidity; reduce
disparities in maternal health; and improve the
experiences of women before, during, and after birth
across the country. Our American Rescue Plan gave
States the option to extend Medicaid postpartum
coverage for a full year--up from just 60 days--and we
have already approved requests from over 30 States and
Washington,
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D.C., to expand this coverage. And my Administration
continues fighting for a national, comprehensive paid
family and medical leave program.
Today, at family gatherings across America, let us give
thanks for all the mothers and mother-figures, who we
love so much. Let us be sure to make the most of our
precious time together. Let us also keep in our prayers
those who observe this day with a hole in their heart,
missing a mom's irreplaceable presence and the comfort
it brings, as well as the mothers who know the pain of
losing a child. Finally, let us continue working to
extend our country's promise of dignity and opportunity
to America's mothers--the least we can do for the
people in our lives who have given us the most.
The Congress, by joint resolution approved May 8, 1914
(38 Stat. 770), has designated the second Sunday in May
each year as ``Mother's Day'' and requested the
President to call for its appropriate observance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May
14, 2023, as Mother's Day. I urge all Americans to
express their love, respect, and gratitude to mothers
everywhere. I call upon all citizens to observe this
day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and
activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twelfth 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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