Mike Johanns Quotes

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

The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.
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Time, Money, Government

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

Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.
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Food, Everybody, Safety

Fortunately, when it comes to meat and poultry, I have the really wonderful situation of having producers and processors that produce and process a very high-quality product.
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Wonderful, Situation, Process

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

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.
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Meet, Industry, Basis

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here.
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Government, Vote, Here

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

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

In this day and age when we do so much business in foreign trade, we need the ability to identify trace an animal very quickly, identifying where it came from - where it has been, and where it is at today.
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Age, Business, Today

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

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

One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11.
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Great, Done, State

Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.
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Job, American, Sure

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

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.
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Terrorism, Issues, Related

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us.
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Success, Good, Health

The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements?
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Big, Whatever, Few

The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection.
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Science, Goal, Sound

The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.
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Ready, Animal, Industry

The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.
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Natural, Fit, Meat

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

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

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.
Mike Johanns

Decisions, Again, Thoughtful

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Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: June 18, 1950

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