Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the comments made by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, threatening to penalize ABC and Disney for the political commentary of ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel were dangerous and unconstitutional.
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That the Senate— (1) condemns Chairman Brendan Carr for abusing his position as a Federal regulator to threaten Disney and ABC over constitutionally protected speech; (2) affirms the importance of the First Amendment and the independence of broadcasters and journalists from government coercion; and (3) calls upon Chairman Carr to immediately retract his threats and recommit himself to respecting the constitutional limitations on his office.