Mark Kennedy: “3M is certainly one of the jewels of Minnesota, a wonderful company that, as my colleague described, very capably…”

“3M is certainly one of the jewels of Minnesota, a wonderful company that, as my colleague described, very capably innovates beyond the scale of just about any other company in the world, and they bring out new products all the time that are solving problems that people face. I had an opportunity just on the energy issues to sit and listen to some of their ideas for how we can be more energy-efficient, whether it be transmitting energy across electric lines, whether it be making the weight of our cars lighter so they can have the same strength but still use less gas. The number of ideas and innovation that comes out of 3M has been awesome, and we are proud to have them in our State. I am very proud that in my district I have three plants in Hutchinson and New Ulm and Fairmont. I had the opportunity to visit them. They have got great, wonderful workers, and they have got wonderful workers throughout the company. They treat their workers very well, and we are certainly proud of that. As part of this 100-year celebration, they are going to be here tomorrow in the Cannon Caucus Room, number 345, from 8:30 to 10:00, and I am proud, to be an American enterprise showcase of their technologies, and we encourage all of our Members to come and see the great things that 3M does.”