Anthony Gonzalez

Thank you both very much. And I want to share a story.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you all for being here.

I think it is worth additional scrutiny, and I yield back.

Yes, because money is fungible, right? And, so, if we are lending at subsidized rates, and yes, these might be noble projects, but that means that China can use other dollars more effectively for their SOEs and to expand whatever their…

How on earth should U.S. taxpayers be subsidizing that?

Properly focused, I think the Bank does help lift nations out of poverty while building a robust institutional integrity.

We seem to be in agreement that they should. How do we get them to go from here to there?

My fear is that instead of being focused on this task, the Bank has instead become an important tool for China to expand its ambitions.

I am proud to carry on the work of my predecessor, Congressman Jim Renacci, who introduced a version of this bill last Congress.

Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about the first piece of legislation I introduced as a Member of Congress, H.R. 1424, the Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act.

It's a huge problem.

I first want to thank Chairwoman Waters and Ranking Member McHenry for holding this hearing.

I am constantly thinking about the nexus between emerging technologies and how they can improve the financial well-being of my constituents.

If you share child pornography, you have lost the right to privacy.

So I just want to drill down on that data-sharing component.

There's still a lot of these campaigns that go under the radar, and that go undetected.

I would say, I would argue grossly irresponsible with how they manage some of the content on their systems today.

I think that makes a lot of sense. My fear is, you know, we're going to do the best we can. I don't know that, one, this is intellectually difficult to figure out, as Congress, and it's also politically difficult.

I think you talked really well about just how you can go down rabbit holes in the engagement metrics, and things like that.

I think that makes sense. I'm also maybe equally concerned about just a random person somewhere in society who has access to this, and can produce these videos without any problem, and the damage that that can cause.

A very important topic, and one that's a little bit new to Congress, but one that, alongside of Madam Chair, and others on this Committee, we've been excited to lead on, and I think we're making progress, unlike some other areas of…

Child pornography, let's get that off our platforms.

Reverse mortgages are an important financial product for many of our seniors, including many in my district.

If you are borrowing at a 5-percent rate, a 4-percent rate, or a 3-percent rate, compounding capital and building wealth can occur.

The data is clear and overwhelming, and I, for one, am thrilled that we are starting to have serious conversations