U.S. Congressman Dan Webster | 8th District of Florida

News List

  • Webster’s Bipartisan Working Group Introduces Bill to Eliminate Washington’s Budget Gimmicks
    Apr 22, 2013 - Representative Daniel Webster (FL-10) issued the following statement on his cooperation with a bipartisan working group to introduce H.R. 1654, the Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013: “Restoring our fiscal house requires an honest budget. Too often, accounting tricks and gimmicks make it impossi... More
  • Webster Supports Passage of Balanced Budget Plan
    Mar 21, 2013 - U.S. Representative Webster issued the following statement upon passage of the House Republicans Fiscal Year 2014 budget, The Path to Prosperity: A Responsible Balanced Budget, which balances the budget in 10 years. “Today, with my support, the House passed a proposal that balances the budget in ten... More
  • Webster Voluntarily Cuts Office Budget; Returns $360,000 to Taxpayers
    Jan 29, 2013 - Winter Garden, Jan. 29 - For the second consecutive year, U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-10) announced that savings from his office budget will be returned to taxpayers for the purpose of reducing our deficit and debt. Upon his announcement that he was able to cut his office budget by more t... More
  • Webster Secures Important Roles on Transportation Committee for Jobs and Economic Development in Central Florida
    Jan 24, 2013 - U.S. Representative Webster (FL-10) issued the following statement upon the announcement that he had been assigned to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittees on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials; Aviation; and Water Resources and Environment: “I am eager to get to... More
  • Webster Reins in Job-Killing Regulations
    Jan 24, 2013 - U.S. Representative Daniel Webster FL-10 today joined colleagues in introducing the REINS Act (H.R. 367), which is designed to keep job-killing regulations from going into effect without Congressional approval. Regulations that cost our economy $100 million or more would have to be approved through ... More
  • Webster Cuts Own Pay; Delivers Check to the Treasury for Debt Reduction
    Jan 15, 2013 - Since being sworn in as a U.S. Representative, Daniel Webster (FL-10) has voluntarily reduced his salary to 2008 levels and returned the difference to the U.S. Department of Treasury for the purpose of paying down the debt. Consistent with his principle that every level of government must do more wi... More
  • Webster's Statement on December Unemployment Numbers
    Jan 4, 2013 - U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-10) issued the following statement concerning the impact today’s jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has on Central Florida, which showed the unemployment rate increasing to 7.8% and labor force participation falling remaining unchanged at to... More
  • Webster Opposes Tax Hikes and Status Quo Washington Spending
    Jan 1, 2013 - U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-10) today issued the following statement after voting no on the Senate Amendment to H.R. 8, which fails to begin to solve the true fiscal problems facing our nation: "In August, I supported, and the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8 with strong bipartisan ... More
  • Webster's Statement on November Unemployment Numbers
    Dec 7, 2012 - U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-10) issued the following statement concerning the impact today’s jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has on Central Florida which showed the unemployment rate decreasing to 7.7%, new jobs increasing by 146,000, labor force participation falli... More
  • Slow Recovery Shows Need to Make Small Business a Big Priority
    Nov 2, 2012 - U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-10) issued the following statement on America’s slow economic recovery following the NFIB’s small business rally in Orlando, FL to highlight how a focus on small business can help create jobs: “Here in Central Florida, where unemployment is a dismal 8.6%, the O... More