68 Quotes by Dan Webster

When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.

We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. The less we spend, the more jobs we have the potential to create.

The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business.

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.

The process for producing public policy in Congress is flawed. The process itself kills policy ideas through the bypassing of the rules and procedural decisions that limit discussion.

Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'

My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.

My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place.

I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.