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
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 have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.
You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.
There's a picture there that people realize that, we stop helping Israel, we lose God's hand, and we're in big time trouble.
You can think of all the things a Congress or a legislature does, and then you kind of overshadow that with the fact that a few people are going to make those decisions.
Some people have been talking about - every place I go, they bring up the issue of foreign aid. I go, 'You can't get rid of all foreign aid.'
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.
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.