President Trump signed a presidential memo directing the EPA to end one of the more absurd overreaches of the Biden era: the prosecution of Americans for fixing their own vehicles.
The memo goes further than just ending the arrests. It targets a California-specific bottleneck that has been quietly choking the aftermarket parts industry for years.
The only federally recognized third-party certification body for aftermarket auto parts was CARB, the California Air Resources Board, a notoriously backlogged and slow process that gave Sacramento effective veto power over auto parts sold nationwide.
The presidential memo ends that monopoly. “𝘕𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘉 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴,” Zeldin said.
This is political BS.
ReplyDeleteCan you point me to 1 person arrested for fixing their own car?
The EPA did go after businesses selling illegal emissions-delete products and repair shops performing illegal modifications (rolling coal).
Republicans control the house, senate and presidency. If they wanted to make a REAL change they could pass a law. Instead they chose a "presidential memo" which takes 17 minutes to put together and has about as much force as wet toilet paper.
This has nothing to do with right to repair. This is politicians knowing that the right to repair discussion is a controversial issue and use this type a maneuvers to signal to uninformed people that they are doing something while actually doing nothing.