Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, joined the House Energy and Commerce Committee Member Day hearing to discuss the importance of passing federal Right to Repair legislation, according to a news release from her office.
“I wanted to talk a little bit today about a subject that will not surprise you. Right to Repair. It’s one of the primary reasons that I ran for office,” Gluesenkamp Perez said. I ran an auto repair and machine shop with my husband before coming here. And a lot of us feel in this country that we are being turned into a class of permanent renters without the agency to fix our own stuff, to be actual stewards of the things that we rely on.”
To watch Gluesenkamp Perez’s full remarks, visit https://tinyurl.com/88b9tdp5.
Gluesenkamp Perez has long advocated for the federal government to pass Right to Repair legislation across sectors, the release stated.
Last month, she introduced the bipartisan FARM Act, which would require farm equipment manufacturers to make certain documentation, parts, software and tools widely available — affirming farmers’ agency and right to repair their own equipment.
She also introduced the bipartisan Warrior Right to Repair Act of 2025 in September, which would ensure that members of the U.S. military have the agency and material support they need to repair and maintain the equipment they rely on and the REPAIR Act this past February, which would ensure vehicle owners have access to important repair and diagnostic data needed for auto repairs, the release stated.
