About Mike
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A pastor, a water treatment designer and a business man, Senator Jungbauer has fused his diverse backgrounds for a common goal of common sense public service, particularly in the field of environmental policy. After an early political start lobbying Congress for farm policy reform, Senator Jungbauer spent two decades becoming a national expert on waste-water treatment design, earning a patent in bioremediation and consulting on water projects in Poland, Germany, Honduras and the Philippines. A degree from Moody Bible Institute also prepared Jungbauer for years of youth ministry and coupled with his professional experience, enabled he and his family to join church members on several missions to build safer water quality infrastructure in third world communities.
Years of listening to each side’s frustrations in key debates -- from environmental and land use policies to the respective concerns of unions and employers - renewed Jungbauer’s interest in public service and building better consensus in state and local law. After winning two terms as the Mayor of his hometown, Jungbauer ran for and was elected to the Minnesota State Senate in 2002.
As a leading Republican voice for conservation and environmental protection, Jungbauer says his goals for the years ahead include gathering stronger support for inventive environmental and energy solutions that are supported by sound scientific research. “Alternative doesn’t have to mean cost prohibitive or radical,” says Jungbauer. “I believe in everyone’s potential to be environmentally friendly, but first we as leaders have a responsibility to prove to consumers and the business world how affordable ‘green’ solutions can be and how significant a difference they really can make.”
In his second term, Senator Jungbauer has focused on educating the citizens of Minnesota and the legislature about the real science surrounding global warming, Minnesota like other states, is pursuing many forms of legislation to curb global warming pollutants. “If we are going to make public policy decisions that will affect the way we live indefinitely, it’s important that we understand the unintended consequences of such legislation before enactment.” Recently, Senator Jungbauer has been appointed to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) standing committee on Agriculture, Environment & Energy.
When he’s not working at the Capitol, Jungbauer spends his free hours pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy at
