Biden Administration Lets Another PPE Factory Languish, Leaving U.S. Dependent on China

Biden Administration Lets Another PPE Factory Languish, Leaving U.S. Dependent on China


The Biden administration is letting yet another factory languish that was meant to provide America with critical medical supplies instead of relying on China in the event of another national emergency.

A factory that the federal government invested nearly $100 million in to produce rubber nitrile gloves is sitting unfinished and idle, despite the factory’s groundbreaking in March 2022, the Baltimore Banner reported.

The state-of-the-art factory in Baltimore County, Maryland, which was once used by Bethlehem Steel, was aiming to draw in $350 million in public and private investment, create 2,000 new jobs, and mark the return of manufacturing to Sparrows Point within a year.

However, the factory has yet to produce a single glove, the factory sits unfinished, and “the feds are

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