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September 22, 2025
Newsroom Press Releases Print In Appearance on Morning Joe Cantwell Defends Freedom of the Press Demands FCC Chairman Carr Testify Before Commerce Committee September 22 2025 America should agree that if you...Communications Commission FCC joined MSNBC s Morning Joe in the wake of ABC s firing last week of comedian Jimmy Kimmel to defend freedom of speech freedom of the press and to demand that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr...decisions that are licensure decisions based on what the President wants and that has no place in the FCC said Sen Cantwell I do think this has been a long position of Senator Cruz s and I hope that he ll...
September 19, 2025
Cantwell Leads Commerce Committee Democrats in Demanding FCC Chairman Carr Testify September 19 2025 As the Committee with jurisdiction over the FCC it is our constitutional duty to conduct oversight over...Chairman call Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to testify before the Committee following his threats to use the regulatory power of the FCC to compel ABC to fire comedian Jimmy Kimmel...Kimmel On Wednesday Chairman Carr threatened to use the regulatory power of the FCC against ABC its parent company Disney and its network affiliates if ABC did not fire comedian Jimmy Kimmel for his comments...
September 18, 2025
Releases Print Commerce Committee Democrats Decry Carr s Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel September 18 2025 The FCC s role in overseeing the public airwaves does not give it the power to act as a roving press censor...censor targeting broadcasters based on their political commentary But under your leadership the FCC is being weaponized to do precisely that Senators write in letter to Carr Letter Text PDF WASHINGTON D C U...Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation which oversees the Federal Communications Commission FCC Edward J Markey D Mass senior member of the Committee Ben Ray Luján D N M Ranking Member of the...
September 18, 2025
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Cantwell Statement on FCC Chair Carr s Attacks on Free Speech September 18 2025 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash...Communications Commission condemned FCC Chairman Brendan Carr s intimidation of the press yesterday which resulted in the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel s late night show FCC Chairman Brendan Carr does not...there is a pending merger with the affected parties in front of the FCC said Sen Cantwell Yesterday FCC Chairman Carr threatened the FCC broadcast licenses of ABC affiliates if they did not take action on...
September 10, 2025
that an additional 300 megahertz of other spectrum be identified and auctioned for commercial use The FCC with its spectrum auction authority now finally restored has already begun the process to auction at...the taxpayer and I am looking forward to seeing the kinds of records set by this next auction The FCC will auction at least another 200 megahertz in due course Zooming back out I just want to reiterate...spectrum the lower 3 GHz and 7 8 GHz bands was already carved out for DoD in my pipeline bill The FCC can t touch it Now I m not a fan of carve outs I did not want any spectrum carve outs But give and...
June 16, 2025
networks and put existing airwaves to more productive use However discussions in Congress to renew the FCC authority stalled owing to a lack of leadership by Joe Biden Federal agencies have resisted relinquishing...will disrupt its systems though the FCC disagrees Credit to Texas Sen Ted Cruz and Mr Trump for massaging the competing interests Their mooted deal would give the FCC authority to auction 800 megahertz...the bulk of government spectrum it would still have to make some of its holdings available for the FCC to auction Mobile providers and other companies could then bid for it GOP Senators on the Armed Services...
June 16, 2025
government spectrum as possible Great work by Sen Cruz negotiating this deal AT T By renewing the FCC s auction authority and creating a pipeline of mid band spectrum the Senate is taking a strong step...The Wireless Association Senator Cruz s inclusion of a robust spectrum pipeline alongside renewal of FCC spectrum auction authority is critical to restoring America s leadership in wireless and innovation...growth and will surely deliver more than 85 billion in revenue as EPICforAmerica analysis has suggested FCC Chairman Brendan Carr President Trump has locked in another great win for the country Freeing up spectrum...
June 13, 2025
Republican Spectrum Auction Plan Dr Karako Congress is right now debating whether to reauthorize the FCC s auction authority which expired a couple years ago in 23 and there s some proposals to auction off...a moment But there s a long history here There s been a lot of past auctions Not too long ago the FCC sold off some C Band stuff and that had interference with aircraft and altimeters and you ve talked...
June 6, 2025
5 2025 for failing to protect aviation safety and national security The proposal would require the FCC to sell off at least 100 Mhz of spectrum in the upper C Band directly adjacent to the spectrum used...
May 8, 2025
Releases Print Senate Passes Cruz Led Measure to Scrap Illegal Biden FCC Rule over Child Online Safety Concerns May 8 2025 Reckless FCC rule subverts parental authority endangers the Universal Service Fund...Congressional Review Act CRA which would repeal an unlawful Biden era Federal Communications Commission FCC rule bankrolling kids unsupervised internet access undermining parental rights and threatening to raise...have led my Republican colleagues in standing for American families and I appreciate the support of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr America s rural broadband providers and a wide cross section of groups who are...
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