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Vol. 81
Wednesday,
No. 197
October 12, 2016
Part V
The President
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Proclamation 9516--National Manufacturing Day, 2016
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 9516 of October 6, 2016
National Manufacturing Day, 2016
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since our earliest days, innovation has been one of the
most important driving forces of the American economy,
and for generations, our manufacturing industry was the
ticket to a good middle-class life. Over time,
developing technology has changed the way we approach
manufacturing. American manufacturing lost roughly one-
third of its jobs in the first decade of the new
century--during the global recession--and the middle
class paid the price. Despite that, in recent years,
through the determination of our resilient workforce,
our economy and our manufacturing industry have been on
the rise. Since 2010, we have added more than 800,000
manufacturing jobs and witnessed the fastest pace of
manufacturing job growth since the 1990s--and today,
factories are opening doors more quickly than at any
time in the past 20 years. On National Manufacturing
Day, we celebrate American manufacturing and recognize
our potential to remain competitive by continuing to
strengthen research, development, and our manufacturing
sector.
To build on this progress, we must keep America on the
cutting edge of innovation and attract more high-
quality manufacturing jobs for workers to fill in the
21st-century economy. We have worked to grow the jobs
of tomorrow through Manufacturing USA, a national
network of manufacturing hubs that bring businesses,
research universities, and governments together to co-
invest in the development of world-leading
manufacturing technologies and capabilities. These
manufacturing hubs not only enable some of the best
minds in America to work together, but they also create
a home for specific technology focus areas in
manufacturing that attract people from around the
world. Government can and should play a role in
catalyzing this progress, which is why my
Administration has already announced nine manufacturing
hubs, with even more planned in the future. By
supporting this network of global leadership in
manufacturing, we are ensuring a steady stream of good
jobs and pursuing the potential to fundamentally change
the way we build things in America. I encourage
everyone to visit www.Manufacturing.gov to learn more
about the ways we have highlighted these partnerships
to increase our competitiveness and advance our
national manufacturing infrastructure.
The growing maker movement has played a role in
encouraging manufacturing. Through our Nation of Makers
initiative, we have worked to give students,
entrepreneurs, and all Americans access to new
technologies so they can design and build anything they
can dream of. The democratization of tools required to
create products has been critical for supporting
entrepreneurship and has led to a renaissance of
American manufacturing--and we must continue to foster
the culture of making and entrepreneurship. Our
economic competitiveness in domestic manufacturing
depends on critical investments in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) education. If we make the
necessary investments to help students and young people
experience hands-on STEM learning, we can spark a deep
interest and help them develop the passion and
creativity they need to excel in the 21st-century
economy.
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Each year, hundreds of thousands of people observe this
day by attending open houses, public tours, and career
workshops. As we mark 5 years since the first National
Manufacturing Day, we must inspire the next generation
of workers and innovators to seek careers in
manufacturing. Let us continue working to strengthen
and expand the manufacturing jobs of tomorrow and
ensure that opportunity for all is something we can
keep making in America for generations to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 7, 2016, as
National Manufacturing Day. I call upon the people of
the United States to observe this day with programs and
activities that highlight the contributions of American
manufacturers, and I encourage all Americans to visit a
manufacturer in their local community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
(Presidential Sig.)
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