National Family Week, 2012

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 8906 of November 16, 2012

National Family Week, 2012

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The bonds that tie us to our loved ones have always
played an important role in the American story.
Families of every makeup continue to guide our
country's progress by supporting one another with
unshakable devotion and instilling strength of
character in their children. This week, we celebrate
the unity and compassion that keep our families strong.

Every family deserves the chance to make a better
future for themselves and their children. That is why
strong families will always be at the heart of my
Administration's agenda--from the classroom to the
workplace to our military. Over the past 4 years, we
have worked to bring a complete and competitive
education within reach for all our children, and we
have striven to help them grow up healthy by broadening
access to nutritious meals. To ensure families have
health coverage when they need it most, the Affordable
Care Act put in place comprehensive reforms that will
hold insurance companies accountable, improve health
care quality, and expand access to affordable coverage.
My Administration has also pursued greater workplace
flexibility, so working parents do not face a choice
between their jobs and meeting their families' needs.
Moreover, we continue to promote the critical role
fathers can play in enhancing the intellectual,
emotional, and financial well-being of our sons and
daughters. Finally, at a time when many of our military
families are stretched thin, we are mobilizing
communities and organizations nationwide to give our
service members and their loved ones the support they
have earned.

America's prosperity has always come from an economy
that is built on a strong and growing middle class--
families who can own homes, send their kids to college,
and save enough for retirement. As our economic
recovery continues, we must keep working to give them
the security they deserve, and to widen the circle of
opportunity for all who are working hard to get ahead.
During National Family Week, let us recommit to keeping
America's promise alive for every family.

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 November 18 through
November 24, 2012, as National Family Week. I invite
all States, communities, and individuals to join in
observing this week with appropriate ceremonies and
activities to honor our Nation's families.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.