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Senate Commerce Schedules FCC Oversight Hearing

Session follows bipartisan concern over Chairman Brendan Carr’s perceived threats toward broadcast licensees.

Jericho Casper

Jericho Casper

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Senate Commerce Schedules FCC Oversight Hearing
Photo of Jimmy Kimmel arriving at a film benefit in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2025 – Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr will have to answer to senators on the Commerce committee next month amid criticism that he used his post to pressure a broadcaster.

Led in part by his own party ally, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who has accused Carr of “dangerous” overreach, the session was expected to revisit Carr’s perceived threats to broadcast licensees over content aired on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

The Senate Commerce Committee announced Monday it will hold the FCC oversight hearing on Dec. 17, where Carr and Commissioners Anna Gomez and Olivia Trusty are all scheduled to testify. 

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