“Across the government, regulatory and contracting carrots and sticks have been trained on other disfavored speakers,” lawyers for the network wrote. “The tools vary; the objective does not: a media industry too fearful of official reprisal to report the news freely.” “Nor may it condition renewal on whether a broadcaster gave sufficient airtime to particular viewpoints, covered particular stories, featured particular guests, adopted particular interview formats, or framed public issues in a particular manner.” “The recent reports of domestic violence and child abuse against Representative Max Miller are deeply disturbing and Congress can’t ignore them. The committee vote scheduled for this morning was delayed and now it is unclear how things may move forward.