Dan Webster Quotations

I was told freshman Republicans don't get their bills heard.

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.?

The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.

You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'

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.

We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.

I found a mistake in a rule. They addressed the wrong rule number... I pointed it out, did an amendment, and everybody was happy after that.

As a former minority leader who became the first Republican Speaker of the House in Florida since Reconstruction, I know that leadership is not an easy task.

We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.

The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.