Senator Mike Johanns News

As members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees seek to repeal mandatory country-of-origin labeling, backers tout a new survey from the Consumer Federation of America citing that 90% of Americans favor labeling the origin of meat.

U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns , a former Secretary of Agriculture, today voted against advancing out of committee a farm bill that relied on budget gimmicks and outdated policy.

Now that the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have passed their versions of the farm bill, it's time to cherry pick all the things people hate about the legislation.

As he contemplates a bid for Senate, the GOP's top recruit - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman - is engaging some former governors who made the same transition.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013.

U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns called for a Senate hearing Monday to look into Internal Revenue Service practices of targeting conservative groups for harassment when reviewing their tax documents.

FEMA regulations require that cities put in two feet of fill when constructing new buildings in 'special flood hazard' areas.

When do 21 Republican senators vote for higher taxes? Answer: When the biggest businesses and local politicians hire top K Street lobbyists to push for the tax-hike legislation.

Two former Secretaries of Agriculture believe Japan's decision to seek inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations could be a game-changer for U.S. agriculture and good news for the country's overall economy.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing on the budget for the Treasury Department on Capitol Hill in Washington April 24, 2013.

U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's multiple disclosures to anti-ag activist organizations of thousands of records including the personal information of ag producers: "EPA's ongoing assault on America's ag producers is nothing short of alarming," Senator Johanns said.

It's been nearly three months since U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns announced he wouldn't seek a second term in 2014, and still, not 1 of his fellow Nebraska Republicans has stepped up to replace him.

Students around Central and Western Nebraska Saturday learned about the various academy programs available at the Service Academy open house at Central Community College's Grand Island campus.

Just one week before the scheduled congressional debate on the farm bill and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , a diverse team of leaders met with Sen.

The Environmental Protection Agency again admitted it had released too much information on livestock producers, specifically producers from Montana and Nebraska .

Karl Rove thinks Republicans have a shot at winning many 2014 Senate races if they take steps to prevent history from repeating itself.

A White House plan to modernize the major U.S. food aid program, by donating cash rather than American-grown food, is in trouble after fierce lobbying by farm groups, food processors, shippers and others who set out to sink the idea months before it was unveiled in President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget.

A bipartisan group of senators are asking for an investigation into a recent anti-dumping decision made by European Union regarding ethanol imports from the United States.

You swing by the neighborhood hardware store, talk with a sales person who knows his charcoal, find just the right model and then - you go home, surf the web and order it over the Internet.

Jack, his family and former Husker running back Rex Burkhead visited with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Monday.