{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dondavis.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-don-davis-visits-us-cargo-systems-highlight-economic-advantages", "Congressman Don Davis Visits U.S. Cargo Systems to Highlight the Economic Advantages of Strengthening\u00a0 Domestic Manufacturing", "2024-09-09", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Donald G. Davis", "D000230", "dondavis.house.gov", "dondavis", "https://dondavis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) visited the U.S. Cargo Systems facility in Goldsboro alongside the Vice-Chair of the Democratic Caucus, Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-36) yesterday.\n\n\u201cU.S. Cargo Systems is a global leader in cargo operations. Seeing firsthand the technology involved in cargo operations was inspiring,\u201d said Congressman Don Davis. \u201cThe First Congressional District of North Carolina has a robust manufacturing sector that creates thousands of high-paying jobs. I support our local industries, which are essential to the broader manufacturing and military landscape.\u201d\n\nU.S. Cargo Systems, a part of the TransDigm Group, in Goldsboro, employs nearly 100 eastern North Carolinians. The company is a U.S. manufacturer of highly engineered aircraft components and systems used on U.S. commercial and military aircraft. U.S Cargo Systems designs and develops cargo handling and aerial delivery system technologies. The TransDigm Group owns one operating unite iin North Carolina and eleven operating units in California.\n\n\u201cI am pleased to join my friend and colleague Congressman Don Davis for today\u2019s visit to US Cargo Systems\u2019 site,\u201d said Congressman Lieu. \u201cThe United States is a global leader in aerospace innovation thanks to amazing manufacturing and technical experts like the people we met today. As the Co-Chair of the California Aerospace Caucus, it is always exciting to see the future of American aerospace leadership up close. I am grateful to US Cargo Systems TransDigm and Congressman Davis for this informative visit!\u201d\n\nIn 2021, North Carolina\u2019s total output for manufacturing was $102.34 billion, which supports 474,000 manufacturing jobs across the state. The average pay for these jobs is over $79,900 a year. In North Carolina\u2019s First Congressional District, there are over 48,000 manufacturing jobs.\n\n\u201cIt was a pleasure to host Congressman Don Davis at our plant to show him the manufacturing of highly engineered products in Goldsboro, NC,\u201d said U.S. Cargo Systems President Tony Hill. \u201cTransDigm\u2019s US Cargo Systems is proud to support the aerospace industry and our military personnel with critical cargo handling and aerial delivery systems used all over the world.\u201d\n\nPhotos from the facility visit are available atthis link.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://dondavis.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-don-davis-visits-us-cargo-systems-highlight-economic-advantages"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3396469876170158, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}