 From 1968 to 1978, Daniel Mica was the Chief of Staff to Congressman Paul Rogers.He succeeded Rogers in 1979 and subsequently served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 11th district

As a five-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mica served his home state of Florida from 1979 to 1989 and made his mark as a bipartisan consensus-builder.He was on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Select Committee on Aging, and Veteran’s Affairs Committee.