Dan Webster
Dan Webster
Daniel Alan Websteris an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011. Webster, a Republican from Florida, initially represented Florida's 8th congressional district; since 2013, his district has been numbered the 10th district, located in the central part of the state. Previously, Webster served 28 years in the Florida state legislature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 April 1949
CountryUnited States of America
The policy is one thing, but it's dictated by what the process is.
I would like to give evidence we can lead. And I think the only way we can do that is to unify the diversity of the party.
We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.
I believe that Obamacare is bad for America.
Are we going to just change the personalities in the speakership? Or are we going to fundamentally transform the way we do business here in Washington, D.C.?
I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.
I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.
I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.
If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.
I'm going to be as sincere as I can in delivering the message I think is right. If people agree, great, and if they don't, I did my best.
If you push down that pyramid of power and spread out the base, every member gets a chance to file their bill and have it heard and file their amendment and have it heard, as opposed to the system that we have now, which closes out, closes down bills, limits debate, and so forth.
I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.
If you need a door kicked in, just call, and we'll kick it. Now, it may not always be the answer you want, but you will get an answer.