Greg Walden

Chairman, Alpine Advisors LLC · 1 appearance on the record.

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Walden represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2021, chairing the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Following his retirement from Congress, he founded the advisory firm Alpine Advisors and serves on various corporate and nonprofit advisory boards.

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Assertion Supported

Walden: House subcommittee forced FDA to clarify if iPad is medical device

“We actually did a hearing on my subcommittee to force the FDA, the regulator in this case, to tell us, is an iPad a medical device?”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:12 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

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Prediction Not checkable as stated

Walden: Treating Internet Like Phone Monopolies Will Harm Innovation

“Now you're going to get all the constraints of the old phone monopoly regulatory environment of Washington on top of the internet. Really? I don't think that's going to help on innovation.”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:49 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

What-if

Walden: Legacy Taxi and Hotel Regulations Would Have Stifled Airbnb and Uber

“If they had to live by all the laws of, like they were a hotel, I mean, that doesn't make any sense, or Lyft, or Uber. Having to, you know, be under the regulatory confines of the old taxi laws. We would never have this competition innovation coming to consume…”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:03 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

Opinion

Walden: Internet consumer pushback serves as ultimate check on bad business behavior

“So I think there's the ultimate consumer pushback with the internet community that, that helps govern bad behavior.”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:50 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

Assertion Partly supported

Walden: AWS-3 spectrum auction defied skeptics, raising $41.9 billion

“We were able to get cleared in what's called AWS three and that spectrum the green eye shade folks in Washington said would never sell government, never clear, and there's no revenue potential. It sold this year for 41.9 billion dollars.”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:34 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

Insight

Walden: Founders must periodically scan for regulatory threats to their business

“Every once in a while you gotta pop your head up out of your company, and I was in small business for 21 years, the radio business, and so, you know, you're working every day, you're trying to keep the microphones wired and the transmitter running and sell adv…”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:57 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

Assertion Supported

Walden: House subcommittee forced FDA to clarify if iPad is medical device

“We actually did a hearing on my subcommittee to force the FDA, the regulator in this case, to tell us, is an iPad a medical device?”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:12 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

Opinion

Walden: Regulatory policy must distinguish life-critical devices from consumer fitness trackers

“Well, I think part of it is, if that device is regulating the beat of my heart, yeah, I want a little more regulation there. But if it's Fred Upton's Fitbit or Jawbone or whatever your fuel. That's not controlling the flow of his insulin or regulating the beat…”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:04 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

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a16z Podcast | Of Presidents, Policies, and Tech Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention · from 36:44
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Appearances (1)

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