Dan Webster Not Backing Down as Paul Ryan Wades Into Speaker Contest

Even with U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., opening the door to replacing U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster insisted on Wednesday that he will continue his bid for the gavel.

“I’m running for speaker to transform a broken Congress based on the power of a few into a principle-based, member-driven Congress,” Webster insisted on Wednesday. “I will continue to share my vision of pushing down the pyramid of power and spreading out the base to allow each member to be successful.”