[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17016-17017]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH J. COX

 Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, it is with gratitude and 
appreciation that I congratulate Joseph J. Cox of Virginia on his 
retirement as president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of 
Shipping of America.
  Upon graduating from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1967, Mr. 
Cox served honorably as a deck officer on commercial ships in the 
Vietnam war. He worked for 8 years at the U.S. Department of Labor in 
the Marine Standards Office. In 1981, he joined the Chamber of Shipping 
of America, the association of American ship owners, operators, and 
charterers. He rose to president and CEO and led the organization from 
1997 until his retirement earlier this year.
  Mr. Cox is widely respected as a valued representative of the 
American maritime community. He has actively advocated for domestic 
legislation and regulation to advance the interests of the shipping and 
maritime industry. He has participated in the development of 
transnational treaties at the International Maritime Organization and 
the International Labor Organization.

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  At the helm of the Chamber of Shipping of America, he elevated the 
nearly 100-year-old association to its respected status in the global 
maritime community. He will continue to serve as an adviser to the 
organization.
  I thank Joe Cox for his decades of service to his country and to the 
marine trades, and I wish him and his family smooth sailing on the next 
leg of their voyage.

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