During her short visit to Utah this week, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer at one point found herself clothed head to toe in personal protective equipment and surrounded by some of the strongest manufacturing materials in the world.

The carbon fiber spools were being produced by Hexcel, one of the leading manufacturers of the high-strength material that operates part of its production in a massive manufacturing plant located in West Valley City, Utah. As Chavez-DeRemer toured the facility on Friday, the Trump administration official pressed top-ranking leaders on how they develop the materials — and how the federal government can support those efforts.

Chavez-DeRemer was accompanied by Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee tasked with helping to pr

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