Legislators to Trump: Consider a Federal Film and TV Tax Credit Instead

As seen in The Hollywood Reporter

You could practically hear Hollywood executives groaning Monday after President Donald Trump mused again about imposing a “100%” tariff on films produced abroad. But at least two local legislators saw an opportunity in Trump’s latest riff.

Just hours after the president’s Truth Social post, California Sen. Adam Schiff and U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman released similar statements that attempted to redirect the conversation to their pet project: a federal film and television tax incentive.

“I’m relieved President Trump recognizes that we are losing a signature American product: the domestic film & TV industry. However, his 100% tariff on foreign films will raise costs for consumers,” said Friedman, a former film producer on projects like the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen vehicle It Takes Two. “As the representative of nearly every major producer in Hollywood and a former film producer, I know what will work, without harming consumers: a national film tax credit. It’s working in California and it will work across the country.”