Issued 2023-04-18 by Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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This record captures the remarks President Biden delivered at the signing of an executive order on increasing access to high-quality care and supporting caregivers. The underlying executive order directed federal agencies to take actions to expand access to affordable child care, elder care, and care for individuals with disabilities, while also improving conditions and pay for the care workforce. The remarks connected these policy goals to the broader economic agenda of building an economy that works for working families.
The order affects families who need care services, the professional care workforce — including child care workers, home health aides, and direct support workers — and the federal agencies responsible for care-related programs. By directing federal action on care access, the order aimed to address both a workforce and a public welfare challenge.
Signing ceremony remarks carry no independent legal weight — the underlying executive order is the operative legal document. Executive orders directing agencies to expand or improve access to federally funded care programs are within the President's authority to manage the executive branch's implementation of existing statutes, though any new spending would require congressional appropriation.
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How this action fits (or doesn't) within Article II authority and existing law
This executive order addresses "Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers". The President's stated reasoning: "we have enough care workers, we re expanding partnerships with community colleges, registered apprenticeship programs, and the America Corps [AmeriCorps; White House correction]." Executive orders are a long-established exercise of presidential power, used by every President since George Washington. They are grounded in Article II of the Constitution, which vests executive power in the President and directs them to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Executive orders cannot create new law, contradict existing federal statutes, or exceed the President's constitutional authority. The legitimacy of any specific order depends on whether it operates within statutory authority Congress has delegated, directs the executive branch on matters within its constitutional purview, or attempts to substitute executive policy for legislative choices. Courts can and do review executive orders for conformity with the Constitution and federal law.
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