Why It Matters
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee is set for a full committee markup, a legislative review session where members move bills toward a floor vote, on Wednesday, June 25.
Sitting at the intersection of sports media rights, online gambling, and digital privacy, the committee's roster includes members whose districts are directly touched by the industries actively lobbying Congress on those issues.
Lobbying filings show Fox Corp. and the American Gaming Association have each spent millions pressing Congress on legislation that could land squarely in the committee's lane.
The Players
Fox Corp. has reported more than $5 million in lobbying expenditures across four consecutive quarters, disclosing $1,490,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025, $1,090,000 in the third quarter of 2025, $1,330,000 in the second quarter of 2025, and $1,180,000 in the first quarter of 2026. The company's lobbying issues span copyright and content carriage, retransmission consent, streaming, online privacy, spectrum, media ownership, the First Amendment, advertising, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, antitrust, unmanned aerial vehicles, and corporate tax issues. Specific legislation flagged in those filings includes the Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act, the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, and the Stop Sports Blackouts Act.
The American Gaming Association has also been active, disclosing $610,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $730,000 in the first quarter of 2026. Its lobbying agenda covers the federal sports betting excise tax, the SAFE Bet Act, the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act, the PROTECT Student Athletes Act, prediction markets legislation, Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering compliance, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Both organizations conduct their lobbying in-house.
Hearing Preview
The markup is convened by the full House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in the 119th Congress.
The committee's membership includes Chair Brian Babin alongside Zoe Lofgren, Darrell Issa, Jay Obernolte, Haley Stevens, Randy Weber Sr., Suzanne Bonamici, Valerie Foushee, Bill Foster, Maxwell Frost, Deborah Ross, Emilia Sykes, Andrea Salinas, Daniel Webster, Chuck Fleischmann, Vince Fong, Claudia Tenney, Gabe Amo Jr., Max Miller, Jim Baird, Dr. Rich McCormick, Scott Franklin, Mike Collins Jr., Mike Haridopolos, Jeff Hurd, Dr. Mike Kennedy, Pat Harrigan, Laura Friedman, Suhas Subramanyam, Luz Rivas, Sylvester Turner, Sarah McBride, Laura Gillen, George Whitesides, April McClain Delaney, Josh Riley, Nick Begich III, David Rouzer, Keith Self, and Sheri Biggs.
Rep. Max Miller, a Republican representing Ohio's 7th congressional district, sits on both the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, giving him a dual perch on science policy and tax legislation, two areas directly relevant to the lobbying priorities of Fox Corp. and the American Gaming Association.
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