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Tell the Senate: We need the right to fair repair

Why can't we get our own stuff fixed?

As tech companies block their customers from repairing their gadgets and push them to buy new, it's a question that's costing consumers and the environment alike. That's why we need legislation guaranteeing our right to repair the things we own.

Tell your U.S. senators today to back right to fair repair legislation.

When manufacturers make items like smartphones, printers and even tractors unnecessarily inconvenient, costly or impossible to repair, they put a strain on everything from our pocketbooks to our planet.

This practice creates vast

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U.S. produces 6.9 million tons of electronic waste annually

In 2019, the United States produced 6.9 million metric tons of electronic waste -- roughly the equivalent of 38,000 blue whales. In part, this is a crisis manufactured by tech companies, who make it unnecessarily difficult to repair their gadgets, encouraging customers to buy new and trash the old. We should be able to get our electronics fixed -- and a new bill in Congress could make that happen.
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Let's make universal broadband a reality

So much of our life happens online. Work, school, paying bills, applying for jobs, seeing the doctor — no matter how we use it, the internet is an essential utility in the 21st century.

But too many Americans are forced offline because of inadequate access to broadband. The Biden administration's bipartisan plan to fund nationwide broadband is a commonsense way to close this digital divide.

Tell your U.S. representative to support this plan and help make universal broadband a reality.

The past year has shown us that reliable access to the internet increasingly is a requirement for

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Corporate wrongdoing shouldn't be a tax write-off

Dozens of states have alleged that several pharmaceutical companies ignored indications that their opioid pills were being steered toward people who abused them.

Those states sued, and the four pharmaceutical companies -- Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson -- are nearing an agreement to pay a combined $26 billion in compensation to communities harmed by the epidemic. But a tax loophole allows those companies to use that settlement to claim massive tax deductions.

This isn’t how our tax system should work. Tell Congress: Companies shouldn’t be able to claim tax

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Join the right to fair repair movement

The world has a ballooning electronic waste problem. We produced nearly 59 million tons of e-waste in 2019 — enough to equal the weight of 162 Empire State Buildings.

This crisis is a result of electronics manufacturers’ deliberate policies. When manufacturers like Apple make their electronics unnecessarily difficult to repair, they encourage consumers to buy brand new gadgets and toss their old ones in a landfill.

This problem is entirely avoidable. If we were allowed to fix our own stuff, we could cut down on this unnecessary e-waste.

That's why we need you to tell your state

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