[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEW BEDFORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the New Bedford 
Area Chamber of Commerce as the organization celebrates its 126th 
Annual Meeting this year.
  Founded in 1885, the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce today 
serves ten communities situated along the South Coast of Massachusetts. 
Those ten communities, in addition to the city of New Bedford, include 
Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Mattapoisett, Marion, 
Rochester, Wareham, and Westport. Over 210,000 Massachusetts residents 
are served by this Chamber as the organization guides local economic 
development, and encourages professional development among its members. 
The positive impact that the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce has 
had on Massachusetts' South Coast region over the course of its 126-
year lifetime cannot be overstated, and I look forward to seeing the 
Chamber's continued success in the future.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in congratulating the 
New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce upon its 126th Annual Meeting and 
in thanking this organization for its years of service to the South 
Coast community. I am certain that the Chamber's and its member 
organizations' future will be bright.

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