[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 106 (Friday, July 29, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO SAMUEL SHAPIRO & COMPANY

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 28, 2005

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay special tribute to Samuel 
Shapiro & Company on its 90th anniversary. Based in Baltimore, 
Maryland, Samuel Shapiro & Company is one of the leading customs 
brokers in the United States.
  Samuel Shapiro & Company was founded in August 1915 by Sam Shapiro--
the hardworking son of Russian immigrants. In its first year of 
business, Samuel Shapiro & Company's books showed a net cash position 
of only $46.50. Undeterred, Sam Shapiro kept on working, building up 
his company through two World Wars and the Great Depression.
  After the end of World War II, Samuel Shapiro & Company began to 
expand, opening up offices in Norfolk, Dulles and Baltimore-Washington 
(then Friendship) Airport. The company was passed on to Sam Shapiro's 
son Sigmund who guided it through the many technological 
transformations of the second half of the 20th century.
  The new millennium has brought a new generation of Shapiro family 
members to manage the expanding company, which now has eight offices 
from New York to Savannah. Sig Shapiro's son Robert is now the 
company's lawyer and his daughter Majorie has taken his place as 
President & CEO. Under Majorie Shapiro, Samuel Shapiro & Company has 
maintained its reputation for delivering the highest quality of 
personalized customer service while using the most modern techniques 
available to provide that service.
  I hope my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives will join 
me in saluting this third generation family business that has provided 
90 years of the highest quality service to customers while maintaining 
a reputation as a model corporate citizen.

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