[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H1273-H1274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SOLUTION TO McDONALD'S ICE CREAM MACHINE PROBLEM

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a solution to 
McDonald's ice cream machine problem.
  Angry customers have flooded social media with posts about broken 
machines. McDonald's even jokes about it, but it is not a joke. It is a 
problem McDonald's refuses to fix.
  The company limits franchise owners regarding who can repair their 
machines and denies them the right to find local repair workers to save 
them time and money.
  Now, President Biden wants to give the American small business owners

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more repair freedom. It is called the right to repair, and it would 
loosen copyright laws to permit small business owners to repair their 
own machines.
  If successful, the move would save customers and small business 
owners millions of dollars per year, and McDonald's customers could 
finally get their ice cream consistently again. It is another way 
President Biden is fighting for the American people and for the right 
to have ice cream.

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