“We had the auto industry in yesterday,” Trump said last week in the Oval Office. “They don’t want people to fix their car. I said, ‘That’s strange!”
Washington, D.C.—President Donald J. Trump called out automakers’ repair restrictions last week from the Oval Office, endorsing Right to Repair legislation to protect consumers and small businesses in the automotive aftermarket.
Trump had met with General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Ford Motor senior executive Andrew Frick and other top officials with the Alliance for Automotive Innovation and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, a former auto dealer, was also in attendance, according to a report by Reuters, which also noted that Ford confirmed it took part in the meeting.
“We had the auto industry in yesterday,” Trump said on Thursday, June 4. “They don’t want people to fix their car. I said ‘That’s strange!…’ They have a thing; nobody’s allowed to fix their car!…[W]e’ll get it all straightened away. Can you believe it? They want a bill that prohibits people from fixing [their cars]…There’s a move on to stop people fixing their car. I couldn’t, didn’t understand it.”
The CAR Coalition reported in a statement that POTUS’ support for Americans’ repair rights comes as House Energy & Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) recently committed to ensuring that effective auto repair protections advance in this year’s highway bill reauthorization.
Auto Care Association President and CEO Bill Hanvey issued the following: “We welcome the President for raising awareness about arbitrary restrictions harming American families and 270,000-plus independent repair businesses. We urge Congress to support protections set out in Dr. Neal Dunn’s REPAIR Act, which will ensure choice, competition, and fair prices in vehicle repairs.”
The bipartisan REPAIR Act (H.R. 1566/S. 1379) has been building consensus across 60-plus bipartisan members of Congress and drawing support from 8 in 10 Americans.
The Auto Care Association encourages consumers and the industry to complete this form to send a letter to there local representative in support of Right to Repair.
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