Vice President Joe Biden touted the stimulus package Friday afternoon at a Frederick factory that received $45 million in stimulus money.

            UQM Technologies, which makes propulsion systems for electric cars, recently purchased 122,500 square feet of office space and plans to finish moving into its new quarters later in the summer.  The money for the expansion came from the stimulus package.

            In a 40-minute speech before dignitaries and employees at the Frederick facility, Biden said the country could compete in a changing globval economy in spite of worries over the last two years.

“Seems clear to me America will compete but America will lead once again in the 21^st century as we did in the 20^th century,” he said. “No nation can compete with us. When the American people have been given a fighting chance, never, never, never, never, ever have they not stepped up. That’s what this is about.”

More details in Wednesday's Fort Lupton Press.