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Congressman David Schweikert

U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representatives · 1 appearance on the record.

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Elected to Congress in 2010, Schweikert serves as a U.S. Representative from Arizona on the House Ways and Means Committee. He also chairs the Joint Economic Committee and co-chairs the Congressional Blockchain Caucus.

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2 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 2 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

2 predictions · 3 assertions · 3 insights · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Congressman argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Rep. Schweikert: Blockchain was proposed for VA scheduling to prevent fraud
“We worked on a concept for using blockchain or distributive ledger for scheduling at the VA to deal with the fraud issues of people were sneaking in, changing the schedules, and the benefit of, hey, there's a timestamp. You would know who touched it, when, and…”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:09 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Rep. Schweikert: Arizona counties can legally record real estate on blockchain
“In Arizona, it would be legal now for a county to try to take its real estate ownership records. And put them on a distributive ledger.”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:09 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress

Everything Congressman David Schweikert said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Rep. Schweikert: Bureaucratic self-preservation is the greatest barrier to blockchain adoption
“Actually, the greatest battle today is the threat to the current bureaucracies. Whether it be on the right or the left, you often defend your own personal income stream, your own job, your own bureaucracy, It's hard to say, hey, this is a great idea. You just …”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:56 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Assertion Supported
Rep. Schweikert: Blockchain was proposed for VA scheduling to prevent fraud
“We worked on a concept for using blockchain or distributive ledger for scheduling at the VA to deal with the fraud issues of people were sneaking in, changing the schedules, and the benefit of, hey, there's a timestamp. You would know who touched it, when, and…”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:09 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Insight
Rep. Schweikert: Blockchain networks enable viable gig worker micro-savings
“The Uber driver, the peace worker who wants to put aside 25 cents every time they finished a drive or a project, could we dramatically lower the cost using a blockchain encrypted network? To move value from one end to the other, all of a sudden makes doing sor…”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:07 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Rep. Schweikert: Distributed ledgers will enable autonomous vehicle insurance by 2027
“If the code were held in a distributive ledger, you know that if someone touched it has a timestamp. You know that the code is the code that was involved in the accident, and that's not esoteric. This is about to change a lot of our lives over the next decade,…”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:28 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Assertion Supported
Rep. Schweikert: Arizona added smart contracts to state commercial code
“Arizona's legislature about three, four weeks ago actually put into the state commercial code smart contracts And recognition of distributive ledger.”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:41 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Assertion Contradicted
Rep. Schweikert: Arizona counties can legally record real estate on blockchain
“In Arizona, it would be legal now for a county to try to take its real estate ownership records. And put them on a distributive ledger.”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:09 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Rep. Schweikert: Most users won't know they are using blockchain
“Most of the consumers, most of government, isn't going to need to know that it's running on a distributive ledger rails.”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:19 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Insight
Rep. Schweikert: Lawmakers need practical benefits explained, not technical mechanics
“We used to actually try to do on the whiteboard the description of how A series of nodes actually talk to each other and how it stamps and time those things, and I realized there's no reason for that. You just now explained, here's the benefit.”
Congressman David Schweikert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:53 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress Jan 2, 2019 8m
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