Ranking Member Jamie Raskin delivers opening remarks

Judiciary: House Committee · January 7, 2026

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Opening remarks and merger overview

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Speaker 1 thanked the chairman and witnesses and framed the hearing around the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix, noting an alternative acquirer (Paramount/Skydance) and warning about concentration in the media industry.

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Speaker 1, a committee member, opened a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing with a lengthy statement raising antitrust concerns about a proposed Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and alleging political interference in merger reviews and press suppression; Speaker 2 objected to parts of the opening as partisan and raised a procedural time concern.

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