[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1851-E1852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF 
                                COMMERCE

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                         HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 27, 1995

  Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 100th 
anniversary of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
  On September 27, 1895 the city of Sacramento and State of California 
incorporated an organization called the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. 
As the chamber grew in numbers, reach, area, and issues it subsequently 
changed its name to the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce to 
reflect its size as the largest business association in the area and 
its regionwide influence.
  The goal of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce through 
the last century has been to enhance the development and growth of the 
business community in California and the Sacramento region.

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  The Sacramento region has grown from an agriculture-based economy in 
1895 to a highly diversified one that has a leadership role in the 
State and the Nation in high technology, entertainment, agriculture, 
trade, and more.
  The Sacramento region is a growing economic force in California, the 
capital of the eighth largest economic power in the world and a 
developing partner within the Pacific rim.
  Congratulations as the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce 
celebrates its centennial anniversary and recognizes 1995 as a year of 
reflecting on Sacramento's past and being part of the future.

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