National Family Week, 2020

Proclamation 10120 of November 20, 2020

National Family Week, 2020

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Families strengthen our communities, shape our values,
and provide a foundation for future success. Families
are--and will always be--the basic building block of
our society. During National Family Week, we take time
to honor and appreciate the many blessings of strong
and healthy families, and we recognize that our
policies must empower and enable them to flourish so
they can contribute to an even brighter future for our
great Nation.

Every family is unique and remarkable, and my
Administration is committed to providing meaningful
solutions to address the issues that matter most to
them, especially when facing extraordinary challenges.
As our Nation confronted the coronavirus pandemic, I
signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (CARES) Act to provide over $2 trillion in
economic relief to quickly help families, small
businesses, and communities, and the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act, which provided timely and
critical support for families by expanding paid family,
medical, and sick leave. We also increased unemployment
benefits, enhanced flexibility within unemployment
insurance programs, suspended student loan payments,
and removed the threat of foreclosures and evictions
for families with Government guaranteed mortgages. My
Administration continues to call on the Congress for
additional support to sustain families through this
pandemic, particularly those most harmed by State and
local shutdown orders and other restrictions on
economic activity.

The pandemic has placed great strain on American
families, from those who have mourned the loss of a
loved one to those who have struggled to adjust to new
and burdensome daily routines. In times like this,
mental health becomes even more important. That is why
I signed an Executive Order to provide grant funding
for easier access to mental health services, including
telehealth, peer-to-peer, and safe in-person
therapeutic treatments.

Despite impediments and adversity, we have made great
progress to help bring an end to this terrible pandemic
and rebuild our previously booming economy. In addition
to identifying many successful therapeutics through
Operation Warp Speed, I recently announced tremendous
progress in developing and distributing safe and
effective vaccines. Moreover, with unprecedented rapid
reductions in unemployment and historic third-quarter
growth, the United States, in just a few months, has
recovered two-thirds of the economic output lost to the
pandemic. America will fully recover not only
emotionally and physically, but also fiscally, from the
devastation of the pandemic--and our families will be
the bedrock of our Nation's renewed success.

Families are our most cherished and sacred institution.
They play a vital role in providing emotional,
physical, and communal support and help us endure the
inevitable difficulties of life. My Administration
stands firm in supporting the success of our families
by ensuring that every child--born and unborn--can
thrive in a loving home with caregivers who are
bolstered by access to childcare, paid family leave,
school choice, and job training. By enacting tax cuts,
lowering prescription drug prices, and working

to increase wages and benefits, we have enabled
families to keep more of their hard-earned money so
they can realize their own American dream.

In this season of Thanksgiving, we thank God for the
wonderful families across our great Nation who are
working to build brighter, better, and more prosperous
futures. This week, we acknowledge that we are only as
strong as our families and vow to prioritize their
well-being and to uphold their fundamental role in our
society.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 22 through
November 28, 2020, as National Family Week. I invite
communities, churches, and individuals to observe this
week with appropriate ceremonies and activities to
honor our Nation's families.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.