The Biden administration on Wednesday urged Congress to open up app stores to increased competition as part of a sweeping government-wide plan to tackle corporate consolidation across industries. “From finding directions to chatting with loved ones, apps are a critical tool for consumers and an essential part of doing business online,” Alan Davidson, assistant commerce secretary for communications and information and NTIA administrator, said in a statement Wednesday. Klobuchar’s bill, which would ban Apple and Google from requiring developers to use their stores, had bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, but leaders never brought the legislation up for a vote on the floor