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Mike Johanns

(1950) Politician United States

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Mike Johanns is a politician from the United States.

Quick Facts About Mike Johanns

Born: June 18, 1950
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Spouse: Stephanie Johanns

About Mike Johanns

Michael Owen Johanns is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Nebraska from 2009 to 2015. He served as the 38th governor of Nebraska from 1999 until 2005, and was chair of the Midwestern Governors Association in 2002. In 2005, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the secretary of agriculture, where he served from 2005 to 2007, becoming the fourth Nebraskan to hold that position.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Mike Johanns

Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

Commitment

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One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level,…

About

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There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk…

Amount

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The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a…

Amount

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Fortunately, when it comes to meat and poultry, I have the really wonderful situation of having producers and processors that produce and…

High quality

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I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.

Nebraska

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People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.

Consumers

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In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

Beef

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This president has said this has to be a priority for our nation, protecting our food supply from terrorist acts, so he…

Acts

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In this day and age when we do so much business in foreign trade, we need the ability to identify trace an…

Ability

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The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.

World

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We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the…

Believe

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We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.

Issues

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The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is…

Big

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There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

Amount

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We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.

Beef

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I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

Basis

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I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing,…

Believed

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My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

Borders

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We're going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry…

Attention

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When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

Beef

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Today, we can tell people we have a testing process and facilities in place on a nationwide basis.

Bases

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The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.

Animal

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On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture.

Agriculture

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In 75 foreign countries, we have a presence in the USDA.

Countries

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