{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/watch-sen-schiff-continues-bipartisan-push-for-federal-film-tax-incentive-highlights-benefits-of-keeping-film-production-in-america/", "WATCH: Sen. Schiff Continues Bipartisan Push for Federal Film Tax Incentive, Highlights Benefits of Keeping Film Production in America", "2026-09-09", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "CA", "Adam B. Schiff", "S001150", "www.schiff.senate.gov", "schiff", "https://www.schiff.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Burbank, CA \u2013 U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined CNN\u2019s The Story Is with Elex Michaelson to discuss the latest developments in his push to secure a bipartisan film tax incentive following President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement of its passage. Schiff highlighted the tax incentive\u2019s benefits, emphasizing how the drive for more production will increase job opportunities and economic development.\n\nThe Senator emphasized his willingness to work across the aisle to make sure this legislation gets bipartisan support and is able to get passed to ensure the future of film production in America and all those who support it.\n\nView the full interview here.\n\nKey excerpts:\n\nOn working to make this a bipartisan agreement:\n\n[\u2026] When I took this office, I said I\u2019m going to try to do two things that are going to be in tension with each other. I\u2019m going to try to get things done, and I\u2019m going to try to fight any corruption, any attack on our democracy. Well, this is something we can get done. And just because it\u2019s this president, if it\u2019s a good idea, I\u2019m not going to oppose it. In fact, I fully support this. As you know, I\u2019ve been working for a federal tax credit for the film and television industry to bring these jobs back to California. And now I think we are very close to making that happen.\n\nOn the parameters of a federal tax incentive:\n\nThe basic plan would provide a 15, 20, or 25% tax credit for production that\u2019s made in the United States for film or television. We\u2019ve lost almost all the film industry; it\u2019s gone overseas to Canada, to Britain, to New Zealand, elsewhere. This would help bring that back. We\u2019ve lost a lot of television production as well. It would be overlaid on top of the state tax credits, and the cumulative amount would be equivalent to what other countries are offering. And we want to bring these jobs home. This has been the epicenter of that industry. It\u2019s not just people working industry, but people work adjacent to the industry who are also deeply impacted. The restaurants, the caterers, the dry cleaners-you name it-it affects the whole regional economy.\n\nOn finding bipartisan common ground:\n\n[\u2026] You got to look for those areas where there\u2019s agreement. I\u2019ve been able to get a number of bills passed these past couple years by working with Republicans from Mississippi, Florida. Rick Scott, for example, from Florida, and I worked on relief for the victims of fire. That was actually something that brought Spencer Pratt and I together, and that is tax relief for those who have been victimized by these natural disasters. And also if you get a recovery from Edison, that will no longer be taxable income.\n\nOn prospects of passage this Congress:\n\nSo, we\u2019ve been in conversation with Republicans for the last two years about trying to move this forward. I think they\u2019ve been in a wait and see. They wanted to know. Does the president support this? Will he get behind it? And now that the president has been so clear and repeatedly that he supports this in a full-throated way, yes, we\u2019re seeing a lot more Republican interest. And I think this is the best opportunity now we\u2019ve had to get this done in really decades.\n\n[\u2026] We\u2019re hoping that we can get this done before the end of the year, before the election would be ideal. But there will also be a lame duck session after the election, as long as we get it done. But my feeling is, let\u2019s strike while the iron is hot. Let\u2019s try to do it right now.\n\nOn whom will benefit from the federal film tax incentive:\n\nIt isn\u2019t about the top-of-the-line actors. They\u2019re going to get paid well no matter what happens and no matter where the film is being produced. What matters is what about the set designers and the electricians? What about the grips? What about the dry cleaners? What about the whole economy? All these 1000s and 1000s of jobs. That\u2019s what we\u2019re fighting to preserve and to bring back. So, it\u2019s not just about what people think about when they think about the industry, which is the movie stars. They\u2019re a small part of this. 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