Fred Upton

Commissioner, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense · 1 appearance on the record.

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Fred Upton served 36 years representing southwestern Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives, including six years as Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. He championed major bipartisan healthcare and technology legislation, including the 21st Century Cures Act, and currently serves as a Commissioner on the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense.

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3 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 1 names 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 Fred 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
Upton: Every new drug relies on NIH research
“There's not a new drug out there that didn't have NIH research.”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:13 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Upton: VC biomedical investment overseas exceeded US by 50%
“Worked with a venture capitalist to make sure, you know, last five or six years, by a 50% margin, they've invested overseas instead of here.”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:45 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

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

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Upton: Tens of Thousands of Tech Jobs Created Without Regulatory Burdens
“Look at the tens of thousands of jobs that have been created, the technological skills the manufacturing jobs. That have all happened without, you know, without the burden of regulation”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:35 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?
Assertion Contradicted
Upton: VC biomedical investment overseas exceeded US by 50%
“Worked with a venture capitalist to make sure, you know, last five or six years, by a 50% margin, they've invested overseas instead of here.”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:45 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?
Assertion Supported
Upton: Every new drug relies on NIH research
“There's not a new drug out there that didn't have NIH research.”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:13 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

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Appearances (1)

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a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technolog Jan 2, 2019 5m
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