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House Lawmakers Launch Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus
Confirmed
In Short: A bipartisan group of U.S. House members has launched the Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports (MoMEntS) Caucus to focus on the economic and cultural impact of the creative industries.
The caucus, co-chaired by Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Troy Carter (D-LA), aims to champion the creative economy and ensure the U.S. remains a global leader in entertainment and culture.
The creative and entertainment sectors generate over $1 trillion annually and support more than 5 million jobs, according to Kamlager-Dove’s office, and the caucus plans to promote policies aimed at strengthening workforce opportunities and protecting creative rights.
The MoMEntS Caucus will also focus on fostering innovation, competition, and responsible platform practices, with backing from several major entertainment and media organizations.
The group is distinct from the Congressional American Film & TV Production Caucus, which focuses specifically on boosting domestic film and television production.
What's confirmed
- The caucus will have a broader focus than TV and film, and also include broadcasting; music; sports and live entertainment; fashion and beauty; gaming, esports, and interactive media; streaming and digital platforms; content creators and the influencer economy; literary and publishing; and visual and performing arts, organizers said.
- The Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus will focus on creative rights, competition and economic impact Hollywood is getting a new voice on Capitol Hill.
- Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, María Elvira Salazar and Troy Carter launched a bipartisan congressional caucus Wednesday focused on movies, music, entertainment and sports, creating a new forum for lawmakers to engage with America’s creative industries.
- The creative and entertainment sectors generate more than $1 trillion annually and support more than 5 million jobs, according to Kamlager-Dove’s office.
- “Together, we will champion the people who make this economy thrive and ensure the U.S. remains a global leader in entertainment and culture,” she said in announcing the group.
- MoMEntS is launching with backing from several major entertainment and media organizations.
- Salazar said the caucus would bring lawmakers and creative industries together to better understand the challenges they face and “protect creative rights,” while Carter said it would provide an opportunity for Congress to prioritize the creative and entertainment industries.
- The Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus (MoMEntS) will focus on industries including film and television, music, sports, streaming, gaming, publishing and the creator economy.
What's still developing
- EXCLUSIVE: A group of House lawmakers is launching a new caucus focused on the economic and cultural impact of movies, music, entertainment and sports.
- Congress also has a Creative Rights Caucus, focused on copyrights, First Amendment rights and intellectual property rights.
- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles, launched a bipartisan caucus Wednesday to “educate and engage” members of Congress on issues affecting the nation’s entertainment and sports economy.
- Representatives Brian Jack (R-GA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) on Wednesday announced the formation of the Congressional American Film & TV Production Caucus to gather likeminded lawmakers together on efforts to boost domestic production.
- The Congressional American Film & TV Production Caucus is being introduced at a time when a coalition of Hollywood organizations and allies are pushing hard to pass a federal film and television tax credit, which gained fresh momentum two weeks ago when the idea was endorsed by President Donald Trump.
- Industry advocates are banking on a federal incentive that can be layered on top of individual states’ tax credits to help stem the outflow of work from the U.S. In addition to its remit of bolstering U.S. production, the caucus is also being positioned as a group that will educate members of Congress on the importance of making American entertainment on American soil.
- The caucus will join the hundreds of other such groups centered around shared affinities and interests that exist in Congress.
- “I commend President Trump’s leadership in calling for a legislative solution to bring film production back to the United States, and I look forward to working with him and my colleagues in Congress to achieve this important goal.” The group is not to be confused with the Movies, Music, Entertainment, & Sports (MoMEntS) Caucus, which was also announced on Wednesday, by a separate group of U.S.