[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 155]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO JHETT JOHNSON

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, today I wish to honor a true American 
Cowboy, Jhett Johnson. At the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las 
Vegas, Jhett and his teammate, Turtle Powell, took home the gold buckle 
in the team roping competition after 10 rounds of competition against 
the best of the best.
  Those of us in Wyoming talk about the Code of the West. As a sixth-
generation Wyoming rancher and now a world champion rodeo cowboy, Jhett 
Johnson personifies the code. He lives each day with courage, takes 
pride in his work, and rides for the brand. Jhett has demonstrated this 
in all aspects of his life, not just his rodeo career. When still in 
his twenties, Jhett survived cancer. He approached his illness, and his 
recovery, by living the code. He wanted to finish what he started, and 
he intended to do what needed to be done. He knew that there were 
hundreds of rodeos ahead of him, and he wasn't going to let cancer slow 
him down.
  We can all learn from Jhett Johnson and his teammate, Turtle Powell. 
Team roping is not an individual sport. You must trust your partner. 
Team roping takes in incredible amount of practice and skill, but you 
must acknowledge that sometimes you catch one and sometimes you don't. 
Competing requires miles and miles of travel to rodeos across our great 
Nation, which means time away from family and loved ones.
  When he is not rodeoing, Jhett enjoys training horses on the family 
ranch near Casper, WY. He is the devoted husband to Jenny and father to 
three sons, Kellan, Carson, and Cress.
  Mr. President, join me in congratulating Wyoming's world champion 
cowboy, Jhett Johnson, on his terrific accomplishments.

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