Adam Schiff Touts Federal Film Incentive to Counter Hollywood Job Losses: ‘It Needs to Be Bipartisan’
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By Gene Maddaus
Published on March 20, 2026.
Sen. Adam Schiff has proposed a bill to create a federal incentive for film and TV production, aimed at counterbalancing Hollywood's loss of 42,000 entertainment jobs in the past two years. Schiff is working to gain Republican co-sponsors and has been working on the idea for over a year. He invited Noah Wyle, the star of "The Pitt," and IATSE President Matt Loeb to testify at a hearing. The hearing also highlighted concerns about the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. The California attorney general, Rob Bonta, said his office is currently in a rigorous review of the merger.
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