Pitt County’s congressman-elect believes there is room for bipartisanship in the 118th Congress and is seeking it out at every opportunity.
U.S. Rep.-elect Don Davis has spent the last seven weeks in orientation sessions, workshops and interviews preparing to be officially sworn in to the 118th Congress on Tuesday.
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