Mike Johanns Quotes

United States, Attorney At Law
June 18, 1950

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 he 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 from 2007, becoming the fourth Nebraskan to hold that position.

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Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. After growing up on a dairy farm, everything in life seemed easy

Mike Johanns
- Growing
- Blame
- Farms
When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

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- Borders
- Partners
- Trading

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

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

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- Country
- Amount
- Borders
Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.

Mike Johanns
- Food
- Safety
- Chains
The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.

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- World
- Positive
- Figuring
We're going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry as aggressively as we can to make sure that we're paying attention to the food-safety issues.

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- Attention
- Safety
- Issues
My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

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- Goal
- Borders
- Korea

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

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- Decision
- Issues
- Trade
Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

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We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.

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- Issues
- Vigilant
- Sanitary