With a new executive order, President Joe Biden took steps to improve competition between several industries, including the repair industry. Katie Craig of the North Carolina Public Interest Research Group joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to discuss how this aids the group’s Right to Repair campaign to help make repairs to technology more affordable.

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