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Former Member, Energy Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Federal Lands Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Research & Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Space Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Aviation, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, United States House of Represetatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, United States House of Represetatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member, Transportation Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Energy Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Federal Lands Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Research & Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Space Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, United States House of Represetatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, United States House of Represetatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member, Transportation Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Member, Natural Resources Committee
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
Member, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Member, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife
Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
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1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- No
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Yes
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- No
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Reducing the capital gains tax rate on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds and real estate.
- X
2. Permitting tax-free withdrawals from IRAs in limited circumstances.
- X
3. Providing some kind of middle-class tax break.
- No Answer
4. Increasing the income taxes of those with incomes over $100,000.
- No Answer
5. Providing a tax credit for first-time home buyers.
- X
6. Repealing luxury taxes on limited items.
- X
7. Providing a temporary investment tax credit.
- X
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Health Care
- Keep Spending The Same
2. Unemployment
- Keep Spending The Same
3. AIDS Research
- Increase Spending
4. Environment
- Increase Spending
5. Defense
- Decrease Spending
6. Education
- Increase Spending
7. National Debt Payments
- Increase Spending
8. Drugs
- Keep Spending The Same
1. Reduce governmental defense spending.
- X
2. Reduce governmental domestic spending.
- X
3. Raise personal income taxes for all citizens.
- No Answer
4. Raise personal income taxes for citizens with incomes over $100,000.
- No Answer
5. Raise corporate taxes.
- No Answer
6. Do nothing at the present time.
- No Answer
7. Other
- X
1. Extending unemployment compensation further.
- Support
2. Federal support of job retraining programs.
- Support
3. Federal grants to states for creating jobs in inner cities.
- Support
4. Mandating workfare for welfare recipients.
- Support
5. Minimizing governmental intervention and letting the market take a more natural course.
- Oppose
6. Federal investment in America's infrastructure.
- Support
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Restricting the overall volume of goods entering the United States from Japan.
- No Answer
2. Imposing tariffs on goods entering the United States from Japan.
- No Answer
3. Requiring Japan to eliminate its trade surplus with the United States over a period of five years.
- No Answer
4. Requiring reciprocal trade agreements between the United States and Japan based on equal dollar values.
- X
5. Imposing no restrictions on trade between the United States and Japan.
- No Answer
6. Other
- X
1. Reduction of the number of American military troops.
- Support
2. Continued funding of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
- Oppose
1. Elimination of private insurance in favor of a program administered and paid for by the federal government and run by the states, similar to the health care system in Canada.
- No Answer
2. Offering tax incentives to all small employers in return for guaranteed health insurance coverage of all employees and their families.
- No Answer
3. Implementation of a "play or pay" program where employers must enroll their employees and families in a basic health plan or contribute to a public fund that will provide health care for everyone without coverage.
- No Answer
4. Creation of a fund designed to provide health insurance to the unemployed and supported by additional tax levies on large employers.
- No Answer
5. A system of tax credits and vouchers to provide health insurance for the working poor and people of moderate income.
- No Answer
6. No reform necessary at this time.
- No Answer
7. Other
- X
1. Increased federal funding.
- X
2. Increased state and local funding.
- X
3. Improved teacher recruitment and training.
- X
4. National curricula and standards.
- No Answer
5. Smaller classes.
- X
6. Increased national testing.
- No Answer
7. A "choice" or "vouchers" program.
- No Answer
8. No major changes are necessary at this time.
- No Answer
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide federal funds to educate people about the dangers of drugs.
- X
2. Provide federal funds to help drug addicts overcome their addictions.
- X
3. Work with foreign governments to stop the export of drugs to this country.
- X
4. Impose mandatory federal jail sentences for drug dealers.
- X
5. Impose mandatory federal jail sentences for drug users.
- No Answer
6. Legalize the possession and use of drugs.
- No Answer
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration.
- Strongly Oppose
2. Amending the Clean Water Act's section on wetlands to provide landowners with greater rights.
- Don't Know
3. Reauthorization of The Endangered Species Act in its current form.
- Support
1. Parental or spousal notification prior to permitting an abortion.
- Oppose
2. Abortion should be illegal in all circumstances.
- Oppose
3. Federally funded abortions should be permitted.
- Support
4. Women should be able to get abortions if they want no matter what the reason.
- Oppose
5. Abortion should be legal only in limited circumstances, for example, when the life of the mother is endangered or in the case of rape or incest.
- Oppose
1. Expansion of the number of federal crimes punishable by death.
- Support
2. A mandatory waiting period before the purchase of a handgun.
- Support
3. Increased federal spending for state and local police programs.
- Support
4. A ban on the sale and possession of assault-style semiautomatic weapons.
- No Answer
5. A limitation on habeas corpus appeals for death row inmates.
- Support
6. Other
- No Answer
How will you finance (when necessary) each priority?
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position
Latest Action: House - 06/13/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/13/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/05/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Tracker:By Rep. Daniel Webster This week, Democrats on the Congressional Ways and Means committee held a hearing on their one-size-fits-all, "Medicare for all" proposal. With this move, they are fully embracing the government takeover of healthcare. The promises of "free" education and "free" healthcare touted by Democrats sound good, but they come at a steep price. The cost of this lower-quality, less-choices program is high -- so high that doubling everyone's income taxes would still not generate enough money to pay for it. But then beyond the monetary cost and lower quality of care, the unsaid component of a system in which the government has total control is the loss of freedom itself. An example of this exists a mere 90 miles from Florida's southern coast. Floridian Enrique Padron recently shared his experience of being born and growing up in Castro-led Cuba with "free" government provided education and healthcare. His home had a dirt floor and no insulation or running water. Their bathroom was a hole-in-the-ground shared with six other families. They didn't have the ability to fix their home because their government-provided salary was approximately $6 per month, and there was no access to a hardware store to purchase the tools needed. Government approval was needed before even a bag or cement or box of nails could be purchased -- and that was if these things were even available. Their "free" healthcare came from doctors who lived on a paltry 25 cents per hour and in hospitals that look more like abandoned warehouses than the pristine, state-of-art facilities that exist in a free America. The quality of care in Cuba is disastrous, and the quality of education poor, but citizens are told to be quiet and be grateful for what the government provides. In making his decision to flee Cuba, Padron came to realize that he didn't need free services; he needed freedom. Freedom to better himself. Freedom of choice. Americans deserve more than the deteriorating quality, increasing costs, and absolute government control that usually accompanies these "free" cradle-to-grave service systems. Americans should be empowered to take back control of their healthcare. They deserve a system that allows them to get the healthcare they need, from the doctor of they choose, at a price they can afford. For two congresses, I have introduced legislation with Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., that targets one of the chief drivers of healthcare spending: taking care of those who are very sick. This works by allowing insurance companies to identify their small percentage of high-cost patients and place them in the Invisible Risk Sharing Program. This program reimburses insurance companies for those patients' healthcare expenses above a certain dollar amount. The result is that every patient has access to affordable health insurance coverage at the lowest possible rates, as if they were perfectly healthy. The Federal Invisible Risk Sharing Program would be funded annually with $15 billion federal dollars and 90% of premiums collected from the patients that the insurers designate for the program. Insurers will be required to cover the first $7,500 of their patients' expenses, after which the risk pool funding kicks-in. Because it requires insurers to contribute most of the premiums received from their high-risk patients, it removes incentives to game the system. This bill, H.R. 2789, is a proven way to achieve the goal of providing every American access to affordable healthcare. I am committed to advocating for policies and programs that get government off the back of hardworking Americans, empower them, and improve their opportunity to achieve success and the American Dream. Such proposals help ensure that America remains a shining city on a hill, holding high the torch of freedom and liberty. Daniel Webster represents Florida's 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Congress convened a joint session on January 6-7, 2021, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election. Webster voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. The House rejected both objections by a vote of 121-303 for Arizona and 138-282 for Pennsylvania.
Wed 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Congressman Daniel Webster Leesburg, FL
Thur 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Tue 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
Belleview Public Library Belleview, FL
