Resolution expressing the Senate's condemnation of FCC Chairman Carr's threats to penalize ABC and Disney for Jimmy Kimmel's political commentary.

The resolution expresses the Senate's sense that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's threats to penalize ABC and Disney for Jimmy Kimmel's political commentary were dangerous and unconstitutional. It highlights the coercive effect of Carr's comments, which led to ABC's largest affiliate group preempting Kimmel's programming and ABC and Disney suspending Kimmel. The resolution affirms the importance of the First Amendment and the independence of broadcasters from government coercion, and calls upon Carr to retract his threats and respect constitutional limitations.

Resolution expressing the Senate's condemnation of FCC Chairman Carr's threats to penalize ABC and Disney for Jimmy Kimmel's political commentary.

The resolution expresses the Senate's sense that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's threats to penalize ABC and Disney for Jimmy Kimmel's political commentary were dangerous and unconstitutional. It highlights the coercive effect of Carr's comments, which led to ABC's largest affiliate group preempting Kimmel's programming and ABC and Disney suspending Kimmel. The resolution affirms the importance of the First Amendment and the independence of broadcasters from government coercion, and calls upon Carr to retract his threats and respect constitutional limitations.