[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 164 (Monday, October 6, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6953]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, in 1925, business and government leaders 
from throughout New England came together in Poland Springs, ME, to 
develop a strategy to reverse the decline in our traditional industries 
and our communities. Today, we celebrate a century of accomplishments 
by the New England Council to foster prosperity and opportunity.
  When Captain John Smith explored our rugged coast more than 400 years 
ago, he wrote in his journal that settling this untamed region would 
take, ``the best parts of art, judgment, courage, honesty, constancy, 
diligence, and industry.'' I know of no better description of the 
spirit that guides the New England Council. Congratulations and happy 
birthday.

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