Schatz Presses FCC Chairman Carr On Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Free Speech, Trump Admin Overreach

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · December 17, 2025

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Opening remarks and thanks

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A senator opened the hearing by thanking commissioners and the committee for conducting the hearing and set a collegial tone for a sensitive topic; the senator signaled a short line of yes-or-no questions would follow.

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At a Senate committee hearing, a lawmaker pressed Chairman Carr on whether the government or the Federal Communications Commission may police political satire and revoke broadcast licenses under the public-interest and news-distortion standards. The exchange focused on the scope of FCC authority, past uses of the news-distortion tool, and proposals including auctioning licenses.

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