Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr argued that the FCC’s new leadership is giving companies the proper chance to ditch its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, calling this the “right path forward.”

Carr revealed that he requested over the weekend that the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau investigate Disney and ABC, specifically over whether either company has violated FCC equal employment opportunity regulations by promoting “DEI discrimination.” While some House Democrats have since opened a probe into these investigations over whether they violate the First Amendment, Carr contended that the FCC is “exiting a period of time” when the nation’s communications laws were weaponized under the Biden administration.

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