Congress

18 statements across 17 episodes · 3 bullish · 7 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Nov 21, 2024 by John Coogan · across every show →

Everything said about Congress, oldest first

Nov 21, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Congress forces the NRC to fund its budget through hourly regulatory fees
“Congress forces the NRC to fund its budget through fees paid hourly by the very companies it regulates, not unlike a law firm or consultancy.”
John Coogan Nov 21, 2024 ▶ 44:43 How to Spend a Trillion Dollars Fast (ep13)
Feb 5, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Congress Created the Current Landscape by Raising De Minimis to $800
“In 2016, Congress raised the threshold to 800 dollars per shipment, and that dramatically changed the landscape.”
John Coogan Feb 5, 2025 ▶ 12:05 The Truth About Chinese Manufacturing (De Minimis)
Mar 9, 2025 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2030
Nic Carter: Congress will not pass a Strategic Crypto Reserve
“Congress is not going to pass this.”
Nic Carter Mar 9, 2025 ▶ 10:18 Nic Carter talks crypto, meme coins, and the regulatory environment.
Mar 14, 2025 positive
Opinion
Asparouhov: DOGE's aggressive 'chainsaw' approach is reasonable given 2-year window
“I feel like they're taking, you know, sort of a chainsaw, which is not unreasonable when you need a scalpel because it's just like the scalpel may take too long and the, you know, admin only has two years before like Congress potentially flips. And so it's pro…”
Delian Asparouhov Mar 14, 2025 ▶ 6:34 Delian Asparouhov on Near Death Experiences, Deflecting Asteroids, and the Magic of Venture.
Mar 21, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Holland: 100% bonus depreciation passage in Congress is expected 'any day now'
“I don't know exactly when kind of what I'm hearing from some of my clients is they're anticipating, you know, one of those any day now type things from what they're hearing in Washington. So I think it's any day now.”
Preston Holland Mar 21, 2025 ▶ 8:09 Preston Holland talks Jets, Clients, and the Future of Private Aviation.
Apr 1, 2025 neutral
Insight
Love: Product-led growth does not exist in defense technology
“More importantly, like, you know, the crazy thing about defense tech that I think not a lot of people realize is there's really not the concept of product-led growth. Like, you can't just dog food something with a customer, and then all of a sudden the colonel…”
Connor Love Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 2:58 Connor Love (Lightspeed) on Everything You Need to Know About Defense Startups
Apr 1, 2025
Insight
Asparouhov: Defense budget legalese matters less than warfighter and congressional interpretation
“What matters is not like the exact legal lease that is in the continuing resolution. It's like how that's going to be interpreted Both by the warfighter and by, like, Congress that ultimately is gonna, you know, sort of go, you know approve the, like, you know…”
Delian Asparouhov Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 7:05 Delian Asparouhov on Defense Startups, NASA, Continuing Resolution and More
Apr 10, 2025 negative
Opinion
Hammond: Failing to enforce the TikTok ban is Trump's most unconstitutional act
“The biggest, the most unconstitutional thing he's done today is not enforce the TikTok ban. Cause that was a direct, you know, statute that Congress passed that said that shall ban TikTok.”
Samuel Hammond Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 27:00 Why Industrialization WON'T Create New JOBS | Samuel Hammond on TBPN April 8th
Apr 26, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Asparouhov: Congressional reconciliation bill considers $150B to $200B defense budget boost
“There's been talk of that reconciliation bill being a 150 to 200, you know, sort of billion, which obviously gets, you know, sort of the total last year bill, you know, pretty close to that, you know, sort of trillion dollar mark.”
Delian Asparouhov Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 13:57 How Tech Can Save America | Delian Asparouhov on TBPN
Jun 14, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Congress is considering a 40 percent budget cut to the NIH
“There is an upcoming vote in Congress in September, I believe, and it's on the table to cut the overall budget for research for NIH by 40%, four zero.”
Andrew Huberman Jun 14, 2025 ▶ 1:03:49 Weekly Recap: Apple WWDC, Andrew Huberman, YC Demo Day, Intern Phone Assembly, $14B Meta x Scale
Jun 26, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Huberman: Congress is considering a 40% cut to NIH research budget
“There is an upcoming vote in Congress in September, I believe, and it's on the table to cut the overall budget for research for NIH by 40%, four to zero.”
Andrew Huberman Jun 26, 2025 ▶ 0:41 Andrew Huberman on the Uncertain Future of Science
Jun 28, 2025 negative
Insight
Gallagher: Weakened Congress forces members to focus on building social media platforms
“The modern Congress has become so structurally weak that people channel their ambition into building a media platform, social media in particular, and that almost becomes their full-time job. And that's really a problem because we need Congress to focus on the…”
Mike Gallagher Jun 28, 2025 ▶ 52:42 Weekly Recap: Tesla Robotaxi, Mr. Beast's AI Tool, Yacine, The Social Network 2, Neuralink Update
Jun 28, 2025 neutral
Insight
Gallagher: Reforming Congress paradoxically requires an over-empowered president
“The things we need to do to enhance the power and the functionality of the modern Congress actually require an over empowered president to make them happen. Like otherwise Congress won't do it on its own.”
Mike Gallagher Jun 28, 2025 ▶ 57:04 Weekly Recap: Tesla Robotaxi, Mr. Beast's AI Tool, Yacine, The Social Network 2, Neuralink Update
Aug 8, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: AI Training Copyright Disputes Must Ultimately Be Resolved by Congress
“I think in that, but for that particular problem, my guess is that problem ultimately has to be solved through legislation. It's ultimately a legislative question.”
Marc Andreessen Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 25:18 Marc Andreessen on Why Apple Might Miss the Next Platform Shift
Aug 9, 2025 neutral
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2030
Andreessen: AI training data disputes must be solved by Congress
“In the case of training data, I think that there, I mean, there's a bunch of these copyright, you know, kind of lawsuits happening right now. There's, you know, the big New York Times opening, I won, and there's, you know, been a bunch of others. I think in th…”
Marc Andreessen Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 1:30:45 Weekly Recap: Apple Sitting on $100B, Disney Enters The AI Race, Marc Andreessen, All About GPT-5
Mar 2, 2026 negative
Opinion
Thompson: Trusting Dario Amodei Over Congress Abandons Democratic Governance
“You could say Congress isn't gonna do anything, therefore, Amadei should. Just appreciate that is giving up on the democratic process and saying we should have unelected, unaccountable individuals making weighty decisions.”
Ben Thompson Mar 2, 2026 ▶ 22:53 FULL INTERVIEW: Ben Thompson on Anthropic v. DoW
Apr 28, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Federal in-car impairment detection mandate lacks a hard 2027 deadline
“Congress did pass a mandate directing the NHTSA to create a standard for advanced drunk driving prevention technology in new passenger vehicles. Now, the twenty-twenty-seven date that people are citing, that's not a hard deadline. The law was passed back in tw…”
John Coogan Apr 28, 2026 ▶ 3:20 In-Car Surveillance is Coming | Diet TBPN
Sep 12, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Coogan: Congress is waking up to AI doomsday threat
“Congress is suddenly waking up to the AI doomsday threat.”
John Coogan Sep 12, 2026 ▶ 0:21 Washington Hones in on AI Safety, What Are AI Doomers Proposing | Diet TBPN
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