1959
Gonzalez says his grandfather declined a judicial post offered by Fidel Castro's government in Cuba.
“My grandfather turned him down because he kind of saw Castro for who he was.”
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Anthony Gonzalez
17 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2018
Gonzalez ran for Congress in 2018 on an economic and unity message.
“I ran on primarily an economic message and a unity message in 2018, which is when I ran around”
2018
Gonzalez says his first campaign raised roughly $600,000 in its first month, against an advised $2 million primary target.
“And so I think we ended up raising roughly 600,000 in the first month, which was good”
2021
Gonzalez says shortening stock settlement from two days to one could have reduced risk and probably prevented Robinhood's trading halt during the GameStop episode.
“The main thing we could have done is passed a bill to shorten the settlement time from two days to one day.”
2022
Gonzalez decided not to seek re-election and said he would finish his congressional term in January.
“made a very difficult decision again, which was to drop out of the campaign and, and I'll finish my term out here in January”
2022
Gonzalez says fiat-backed stablecoin rules would address reserves, reserve quality, auditing, attestations, redemptions and consumer protection.
“Fiat-backed stablecoins, you're really talking about what's the reserves? What are the reserve qualities? What are the auditing requirements?”
2022
Gonzalez cited the Terra Luna collapse as an example of why payment stablecoins need rules.
“I can't have my farmer getting paid in Terra Luna, and all of a sudden, the thing goes to zero.”
2022
Gonzalez was working on legislation to fund demonstration projects for clean steel production.
“some legislation that I hope will pass very, very soon that I'm working on would basically fund demonstration projects for clean steel”
2022
Gonzalez described the CHIPS Act as aiming to bring semiconductor manufacturing to the US through subsidies, grants and incentives.
“in Congress, we're about to pass this CHIPS Act, which is a bit controversial, but its goal is to reshore semiconductor manufacturing here in the US”
Undated
According to family legend, Anthony Gonzalez's Cuban grandparents ran out of money in Ohio while honeymooning and stayed for a time.
“The legend is that they ran out of money in Ohio. And so they had to stop for a little bit, figure out how to get home and finish out their trip.”
Undated
Gonzalez's father started a steel company in Northeast Ohio around the year before Gonzalez was born and still runs it.
“And he started a steel company maybe the year before I was born, I think, that he runs to this day.”
Undated
Gonzalez says Michigan coach Lloyd Carr mistook him for a kicker on his recruiting visit, though he was a wide receiver.
“And Lloyd Carr was the head coach at the time and thought I was a kicker.”
Undated
Gonzalez was a first-round NFL draft pick who played two seasons for the Indianapolis Colts and was slated to succeed Marvin Harrison.
“I got drafted in the first round, played two years, was fine. I wasn't like an MVP or anything, but played well and was slated to take over for Marvin Harrison, who's a Hall of Fame wide receiver.”
Undated
Gonzalez says he wrote his Stanford business school application from the locker room during his final NFL preseason game.
“I did it actually from the locker room of my final preseason game, which is sort of weird.”
Undated
Gonzalez says Patriots coach Bill Belichick cut him because he was injured, shortly before Gonzalez retired to attend Stanford.
“Bill Belichick actually was the one who unceremoniously fired me.”
Undated
After experimenting with DeFi, Gonzalez donated the crypto to the United Way, which accepts crypto donations.
“I'll just give it all to the United Way when it's over. The United Way accepts crypto donations.”
Undated
Gonzalez found that Ethereum gas fees made his small ETH stake impractical to use in DeFi.
“I quickly realized I couldn't do anything with my ETH because the gas fees would destroy it.”
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