Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) needs President Donald Trump’s birthday to be a federal vacation.
On Friday, the New York congresswoman introduced in a news release what she known as “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Vacation Institution Act,” which might “completely codify” June 14 as a federal vacation known as “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day,” in accordance with the discharge. The invoice is listed as H.R. 1395 on the official U.S. Congress web site.
Trump, who was born on June 14, 1946, shares the day with Flag Day, which celebrates the adoption of the American flag on June 14, 1777. It isn’t an official federal vacation; Pennsylvania is the one state that acknowledges Flag Day as a authorized vacation.
“No fashionable president has been extra pivotal for our nation than Donald J. Trump,” Tenney stated within the information launch. “As each our forty fifth and forty seventh President, he’s essentially the most consequential President in fashionable American historical past, main our nation at a time of nice worldwide and home turmoil. From brokering the historic Abraham Accords to championing the largest tax relief package in American historical past, his affect on the nation is plain.”
Referring to Trump because the “founding father of America’s Golden Age,” Tenney added that he ought to be a part of George Washington in having his birthday celebrated as a federal vacation. (Washington’s birthday is more commonly referred to as Presidents Day.)
“Moreover, as our nation prepares to have fun its 250th anniversary, we must always create a brand new federal vacation honoring the American Flag and all that it represents. By designating Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day as a federal vacation, we will guarantee President Trump’s contributions to American greatness and the significance of the American Flag are eternally enshrined into legislation,” she concluded.
