Mike Johanns on Abortion

• Partial-birth abortion is a barbaric practice. (Jan 2001)

Mike Johanns on Budget & Economy

• Let state meat inspection suffice for interstate shipments. (Jul 2000)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)

Mike Johanns on Civil Rights

• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)

Mike Johanns on Corporations

Mike Johanns on Crime

• Juvenile justice package: more funding; more coordination. (Jan 2001)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
• Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Drugs

• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
• States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Education

• $27M for state colleges’ recruitment & diversity. (Jan 2001)
• More teacher bonuses and incentives, locally decided. (Jan 2001)

Mike Johanns on Energy & Oil

• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
• Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Environment

• Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol. (May 2000)
• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species. (Aug 2001)
• Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions. (Aug 2001)
• Apply "Good Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup. (Aug 2001)
• State primacy over water quantity & quality issues. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Families & Children

• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Foreign Policy

Mike Johanns on Free Trade

Mike Johanns on Government Reform

• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Gun Control

Mike Johanns on Health Care

• Use tobacco settlement for biomedical research. (Jan 2001)
• $6M increase in funding for mental health. (Jan 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Mike Johanns on Homeland Security

Mike Johanns on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)

Mike Johanns on Jobs

• Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Principles & Values

• Priorities: tax relief, education, family. (Jan 2001)
• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Midwestern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Tax Reform

• $60M in property tax relief over next two years. (Jan 2001)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)

Mike Johanns on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
• Study terrorist threats against nuclear waste repositories. (Aug 2001)

Mike Johanns on Welfare & Poverty

• Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance. (May 2000)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)