[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAY

  (Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on Support Your 
Local Chamber of Commerce Day.
  Livingston Parish is one of the fastest growing parishes in the State 
of Louisiana, and the chamber of commerce appropriately--with the 
extraordinary growth of this parish, we have had a growth in the 
businesses, the mom-and-pop businesses, and the large industrial 
businesses as well. Appropriately, the Livingston Parish Chamber of 
Commerce was recognized for the Louisiana State Chamber of the Year 
Award for the mid-size category by the Louisiana Association of Chamber 
of Commerce Executives.
  When you have a parish that grows at rapid rates, you have huge 
swells in population. You have all sorts of demands on infrastructure, 
but you have demands on the growth of the businesses as well. 
Particularly, the Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce was recognized 
in the areas of business resource and representation, community 
alignment, organizational excellence, and professional development.
  Mr. Speaker, businesses like North Oaks Health System, Rouses 
Markets, Big Mike's Sports Bar and Grill, and Ferrara Fire Apparatus 
are all businesses that are members of the Chamber of Commerce.
  Congratulations to the 500 businesses that are members of the 
Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce, to Wayne, April, and all the 
folks in Livingston Parish.

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