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 principle is that every member needs to represent their district.
I've never, in my whole 30 years in office, run a negative ad.
I've never hidden my faith, but there are only a couple of issues I would die for. There are a few others I would dig my heels in on, and I've told my caucus that what they see is what they get.
During its first year of operation, Florida Virtual School had 77 students. The next year, it had 476 students; then 2,489 students the year after that.
Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.
Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it's not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That's not what it is at all. In a power system, that's the way it works. But in a principle system, it's what it says.
I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.
Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.
Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.
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.
I was told freshman Republicans don't get their bills heard.