{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsreleases?ContentRecord_id=008c1cba-3165-4a77-9cc4-e06b26f9f27b", "Shelby Makes Case for More AL Aerospace Jobs", "2013-11-22", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Richard Shelby", "S000320", "www.shelby.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "AL Delegation Makes Powerful Case for More Aerospace Jobs\u00a0\r\n\u201cIt has recently come to our attention that Boeing is considering locations for its planned 777X fuselage manufacturing, composite wing fabrication, and final assembly operations.\u00a0 We are pleased to hear reports that\u00a0Huntsville is in contention as a location for this expansion.\u00a0 Thus, we write to tell you why North Alabama is the best choice.\u201d\r\n\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C., Friday, November 22, 2013 \u2013 Amid news reports that aerospace giant Boeing is considering Huntsville, Alabama, among sites to build its planned 777X aircraft, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today led the Alabama Congressional delegation in sending a letter to Boeing Chairman, President and CEO, James McNerney, Jr., underscoring the state\u2019s very strong and unique case as the prime location to do the work.\u00a0\r\nThe delegation highlighted Boeing\u2019s significant existing footprint in North Alabama, which boasts a business-friendly environment that includes decades of high-tech aerospace expertise, low taxation and cost-of-living, a rational regulatory regime, right-to-work laws, low utility rates, and excellent infrastructure.\u00a0 The letter also points to world-class engineering and science facilities at Alabama\u2019s universities statewide that are producing an abundance of highly skilled workers that would be required to fill the jobs created.\r\nSigning the letter with along with Senator Shelby were Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Congressmen Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), Spencer Bachus (R-Vestavia Hills), Mike Rogers (R-Saks), Martha Roby (R-Montgomery), and Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).\u00a0\r\nThe full text of the letter is below. \u00a0\r\n***\u00a0\r\nNovember 22, 2013\r\n\u00a0\r\nW. James McNerney, Jr.\r\nChairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer\r\nThe Boeing Company\r\n100 North Riverside\r\nChicago, IL\u00a0 60606\r\n\u00a0\r\nDear Jim,\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It has recently come to our attention that Boeing is considering locations for its planned 777X fuselage manufacturing, composite wing fabrication, and final assembly operations.\u00a0 We are pleased to hear reports that Huntsville is in contention as a location for this expansion.\u00a0 Thus, we write to tell you why North Alabama is the best choice.\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Given that Boeing already has such a significant presence in Huntsville, including performing much of its 787 and future 777X engineering work there, you are already familiar with the large, skilled, and reliable workforce that the area provides.\u00a0 All of Alabama\u2019s universities offer top-notch engineering and science programs with state-of-the-art facilities that can provide the skilled personnel that your expanded presence in Huntsville would require.\u00a0 Locally, the University of Alabama in Huntsville offers one of the nation\u2019s best Aerospace Engineering programs, while the Alabama Aviation Center, in partnership with the state\u2019s two-year college system, is also committed to providing large numbers of well-educated and trained aerospace workers.\r\nWhen determining where to locate these new operations, we also hope you will remember that North Alabama\u2019s hospitable business environment includes decades of high-tech aerospace expertise, low taxation and cost-of-living, a rational regulatory regime, right-to-work laws, low utility rates, and excellent infrastructure.\r\nFinally, we want to underscore that Huntsville is not a landlocked location.\u00a0 It provides immediate access to an international airport with tremendous available capacity, the interstate highway system, the national rail system, and the inland waterway system.\u00a0 In fact, United Launch Alliance, Boeing\u2019s joint venture with Lockheed Martin, has been manufacturing large Atlas and Delta rocket stages in nearby Decatur and shipping them via inland waterways to the Gulf of Mexico and on to Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base for many years.\r\nWe are very pleased to learn of Boeing\u2019s interest in expanding its already significant footprint in Alabama and thus request an opportunity to meet with you to discuss this possibility during the second or third week of December.\u00a0 Please contact Senator Shelby\u2019s office at your earliest convenience for scheduling purposes.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nSincerely,\r\n\u00a0\r\nRichard Shelby \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jeff Sessions\r\nUnited States Senator \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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