a news release <\/a>that \u201cthe time has come to pass the torch to the next conservative leader and spend more precious time with my wife, children, and 24 grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\nWebster is an engineer who runs his family\u2019s air conditioning and heating business. He served in the Florida House from 1980 to 1998, and the Florida Senate from 1998 to 2008. <\/p>\n
Webster served as both Florida House speaker and Senate president.<\/p>\n
In the news release, Webster called himself the \u201carchitect of Florida\u2019s Republican majority,\u201d and the \u201cgrandfather of home education and school choice in Florida.\u201d He sponsored the 1985 Home Education Program Act, which legalized homeschooling in Florida.<\/p>\n
While in the Florida Senate, Webster was a champion of abortion restrictions, pushing a bill to require women having an abortion to undergo an ultrasound and requiring minors to notify their legal guardians before receiving an abortion. <\/p>\n
State Road 429, which runs from Lake County into Osceola County, is named the Daniel Webster Western Beltway after him.<\/p>\n
Webster was elected to the U.S. House in 2011, and he\u2019s consistently won reelection since then. He currently represents U.S. House District 11, which includes western Orange County, southern Lake County, Sumter County, and parts of Seminole and Polk counties.<\/p>\n
Webster says he still hopes to pass a reauthorization bill for transportation and infrastructure before he leaves the House.<\/p>\n
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