Presidential Document2024-23399
National Manufacturing Day, 2024
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October 8, 2024
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October 3, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23399]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 8, 2024 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10829 of October 3, 2024
National Manufacturing Day, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
American workers and the unions who fight for them
represent the best of our country. They help power our
economy and strengthen our middle class. On National
Manufacturing Day, we celebrate the ingenuity, grit,
drive, and determination of the American worker. We
thank them for their contributions, and we recommit to
investing in their productivity and success.
There have always been competing visions for the future
of America. Some envision a future in which the failed
trickle-down policies that hurt working families for
more than 40 years are continued. When I think about
our future, I see an America where we grow the economy
from the middle out and the bottom up--not the top
down. I see an America where working people finally
have a fair shot. Above all, I see a future that is
made right here in America.
That is why my Administration has invested in American
manufacturing to restore the backbone of our Nation:
the middle class. Together, we are doing what has
always worked best in this country--investing in all of
America and in all Americans. My Investing in America
agenda--including my Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,
CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act--is
revitalizing American manufacturing. So far, we have
attracted over $910 billion in private sector
investment in manufacturing and clean energy nationwide
and seen spending on factory construction soar to new
records, roughly triple the pre-pandemic average. These
investments are helping create hundreds of thousands of
jobs--including over 700,000 manufacturing jobs--
building new semiconductor fabs, electric vehicle and
battery factories, and so much more, here in America.
And we are working with employers, unions, community
colleges, high schools, and other partners to ensure
American workers are trained for the good manufacturing
jobs we are generating.
We have also made sure that Federal funds support
American manufacturing. ``Buy American'' has been the
law of the land since the 1930s. Past administrations
said a lot but did not do a lot. On my watch, Federal
projects have been made with American products and
built by American workers. I fought for the passage of
the ``Build America, Buy America Act,'' which
established domestic content preferences in Federal
infrastructure spending, as part of the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law. I signed the ``Federal Research and
Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and
United States Jobs'' Executive Order, directing Federal
agencies to prioritize domestic manufacturing when it
comes to research, development, innovation, and
bringing inventions to market. My Administration also
made the strongest changes to Buy American rules in
nearly seven decades by increasing the domestic content
threshold for Federal procurement from 55 percent to 65
percent in 2024. I also announced new requirements for
lumber, glass, fiber optic cables, and other
construction materials used in Federal infrastructure
projects to be made in America. And we will keep
working to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are
invested in American workers.
Growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, I learned a basic
value set--money does not determine your worth, and all
anyone wants is a fair shot. When
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I look at the economy, I see it through the eyes of
Scranton. That is why I came into office determined to
write a new chapter in our American comeback story--one
where we can take pride in knowing that we can still
get big things done in this great Nation.
During National Manufacturing Day, may we rededicate
ourselves to writing that story by making the phrase
``Made in America'' not just a slogan but a reality.
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 4,
2024, as National Manufacturing Day. I thank our
manufacturing workers for all that they do to
strengthen our Nation, encourage all Americans to look
for ways to get involved in their communities, and call
on everyone to join me in participating in National
Manufacturing Day and, most importantly, buying
American.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
third day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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