Washington, D.C. — The American Economic Liberties Project today released the following statement in response to Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)’s Agriculture Right to Repair Act, which would allow farmers to fix their own equipment.

“The monopolization of repair markets has been incredibly profitable for agribusiness giants, but it’s devastating farmers and ranchers across the country who are forced to pay more and wait to fix equipment they already own,” said J.D. Scholten, Senior Advisor at the American Economic Liberties Project. “With this legislation, Senator Tester is taking an important step towards revitalizing American agriculture and putting power back where it belongs: with American farmers, ranchers, and producers.”

To learn more, read “Courage to Learn: Agriculture” here.

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.