Sen. Ed Markey (Massachusetts) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida). On Friday, he pushed for a new bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
S. 582 also enacts the Sunshine Protection Act, making daylight saving time permanent and extending the day by one hour. The Senate unanimously passed the bill in March 2022, but it has stalled since then.
The bill would allow states such as Arizona and Hawaii, which do not observe daylight savings time, as well as American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to remain on standard time.
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“The outdated twice-yearly ritual of switching time is not just an inconvenience, it has very real implications for our economy, energy consumption and health,” Markey said in a statement. mentioned in. “We know the sun will come out tomorrow, so let’s make daylight saving time permanent and delay the sun’s rise by an hour. sun protection law. I’d bet every penny that tomorrow the sun will rise and you’ll see a smile on your face. ”
Sen. Ed Markey (Massachusetts) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida). On Friday, he pushed for a new bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Saul Martinez/Getty Images)
“We are ‘jumping forward,’ but we should never have ‘stepped back.'” My Sun Protection Law The stupid habit of changing clocks back and forth will end,” Rubio said in the announcement.
Sen. Rick Scott, Republican of Florida, also called for “lock the clock” and urged Congress to move forward with the bill.
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“Floridians are tired of changing their clocks because we all want more sunshine,” Scott said in a statement. “It’s time for Congress to act, and I’m proud to be leading the bipartisan Solar Protection Act with Senator Rubio to make this happen. When I was Governor of Florida, I supported this bill. We signed it into law at the state level, now it’s Washington’s turn to pass this good bill today and get the job done. ”
Florida Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan introduced a similar bill in the House in March 2023. HR 1279, also known as the Sunshine Protection Act, also seeks to make daylight saving time permanent.
Florida Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan introduced a similar bill in the House in March 2023. HR 1279, also known as the Sunshine Protection Act, also seeks to make daylight saving time permanent. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congress Quarterly/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden has not yet taken a stance on the issue, but former President Donald Trump tweeted “OK” to make daylight saving time permanent in 2019.
“I’m OK with making daylight saving time permanent!” Trump wrote at the time on Twitter, now known as X.
On this day in history, February. On September 1942, the federal government instituted daylight saving time during the darkest hours of World War II.
Since 2015, about 30 states have introduced legislation to permanently eliminate the twice-a-year clock change, according to Reuters. According to news outlets, some states have proposed making changes only if neighboring states take similar measures.
Since 2015, about 30 states have introduced legislation to permanently eliminate the twice-a-year clock change, according to Reuters. According to news outlets, some states have proposed making changes only if neighboring states take similar measures. (St. Petersburg)
Daylight saving time was first attempted in 1918 and has been in effect throughout most of the United States since the 1960s.
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Year-round daylight saving time was adopted during World War II and reintroduced in 1973 to reduce fuel usage.
Daylight savings time begins Sunday, March 10th.
Reuters contributed to this report.
