Overview

• Carr agreed to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee, with a committee spokesperson confirming the plan but no hearing date set.
• Semafor first reported the agreement to testify, and NBC News later corroborated the development through the committee.
• Bipartisan criticism followed Carr’s remarks urging broadcasters to “take action,” including Ted Cruz calling the comments “dangerous as hell” and Maria Cantwell pressing for oversight.
• Carr has denied threatening broadcasters or suggesting anyone would lose a license if Jimmy Kimmel was not fired.
• ABC briefly suspended Kimmel’s show after his on-air remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk before reinstating it, as President Trump publicly praised Carr and floated license revocations for unfavorable coverage.