Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
John Hardy "Johnny" Isaksonis the senior United States Senator from Georgia, in office since 2005, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he represented Georgia's 6th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 December 1944
CountryUnited States of America
opportunity thinking firsts
You ought to dialogue first before you start throwing spears. And I think the U.N. provides an opportunity for dialogue.
jobs drivers better-jobs
We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.
jobs real shopping
Commercial real estate always trails residential, and as residential growth flourishes, shopping centers flourish and service the communities, and jobs come out.
home weekend georgians
I make it a point to go home every weekend so I can meet with Georgians and hear from them directly.
government hands spending
Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.
children government knowing
Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won't make these decisions, it's a very popular thing. Just not everybody's aware of it.
truth-is should wells
Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.
believe responsibility exercise
Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility.
real government issues
In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than any other profession that I know of.
It wasn't anything that we did, ... It's just one of those things that happened.
country dime disaster elected government hearing help history innocent natural office remember running saying spend worst
I don't remember ever hearing of someone running for office and getting elected by saying that if the worst natural disaster in the history of the country hit, the government wasn't going to spend a dime to help the innocent citizens.
both debate hope trying
He's like I am. He's trying to be part of the debate, and in the end, I hope both of us are.
real winning perfect
Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people, learn to work with people and find common ground. That's the way you sell houses... that's also the way you win over constituency.
thinking phones years
I do feel immigration will probably be dealt with as long as [the solution] doesn't provide amnesty ... Five years ago, all hell broke loose ... This year, I thought phones would ring off the hook again. They really haven't. I think everybody realizes we have a problem.