[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 11, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 70337-70338]
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                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 11, 2023 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10644 of October 5, 2023

                
National Manufacturing Day, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate American 
                workers--the best workers in the world, who are leading 
                a new manufacturing boom in our Nation--and we pledge 
                to keep investing in them to make sure the future is 
                Made in America.

                Manufacturing is the backbone of our economy, but for 
                the past few decades, we have not always treated it 
                that way. We were told that trickle-down economics was 
                the only way forward--cutting taxes for the wealthy and 
                big corporations; slashing public investment in 
                priorities like education, infrastructure, and health 
                care; and letting American manufacturing jobs be 
                shipped overseas. As a result, economic inequality only 
                grew. And with every manufacturing town that was 
                hollowed out, communities lost not just jobs but also 
                pride and self-worth.

                I ran for President to change that--to grow our economy 
                from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down, 
                moving from trickle-down economics to what some in the 
                press are calling ``Bidenomics.'' Our plan is working. 
                We have seen over 13 million new jobs created, 
                including 800,000 manufacturing jobs. Unemployment has 
                been below 4 percent for the longest stretch in over 50 
                years. And our inflation rate is among the lowest 
                across the world's major economies. It is simple: 
                Bidenomics means we are growing our economy by 
                strengthening the middle class and making things in 
                America again.

                As a result, companies are reinvesting in America, 
                building factories that will power our economy for 
                years to come. Since I took office, we have attracted 
                over $500 billion in private investment to American 
                manufacturing and the industries of the future. Real 
                spending on factory construction doubled in the last 2 
                years, and hit a record high in August, after falling 
                under my predecessor--and so far this year, it has 
                contributed more to gross domestic product growth than 
                any 6 months on record. Instead of exporting American 
                jobs, we are creating American jobs and exporting 
                American products again.

                This progress is possible because we are doing what has 
                always worked best in our country--investing in America 
                and in American workers. The Bipartisan Infrastructure 
                Law that I signed puts Americans to work rebuilding our 
                Nation's roads, bridges, ports, and more using 
                American-made materials. We have already announced more 
                than 37,000 new projects across all 50 States. The 
                CHIPS and Science Act is making sure the United States 
                leads the world in innovation by bringing semiconductor 
                manufacturing home so we never again rely on foreign 
                supply chains for the computer chips that power 
                everything in our lives, from cellphones and cars to 
                sophisticated weapons systems. The Inflation Reduction 
                Act is powering a clean energy revolution, increasing 
                our production of essential batteries and clean energy 
                technologies and making sure a sustainable and energy 
                independent future is Made in America. And we are 
                collaborating with employers, unions, community 
                colleges, high schools, and other partners to help more 
                Americans train for the good manufacturing jobs and 
                careers that these investments are creating.

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                But we are not only making things in America again--we 
                are making sure the Federal Government buys American as 
                well. I started by introducing the most robust updates 
                to the Buy American Act in nearly 70 years, increasing 
                the proportion of American-made content required in 
                federally-acquired goods. I announced new standards 
                requiring that the lumber, glass, fiber optic cables, 
                and other construction materials used in Federal 
                infrastructure projects must be made in America. And I 
                signed an Executive Order requiring Federal research-
                and-development agencies to prioritize domestic 
                manufacturing when it comes time to bring taxpayer 
                funded inventions to market. When the Federal 
                Government spends taxpayers' money, we are making sure 
                it is on American products made by American workers, 
                creating American jobs.

                For too long, too many of us have been told to give up 
                on American manufacturing. I will never do that. We are 
                living through one of the greatest industrial revivals 
                in our Nation's history. There is no one that America 
                cannot outcompete. We used to lead the world in 
                manufacturing, and by investing in America and in our 
                people, we are leading the world in manufacturing 
                growth. Jobs are coming home. Factories are coming 
                home. And we are feeling pride once again in the phrase 
                that is finally a reality and not just a slogan: ``Made 
                in America.''

                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 6, 
                2023, 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, buying 
                American.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifth day of October, 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-
                eighth.
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