Trump touts bill that would make daylight saving time permanent
The 48-1 vote would end the twice-yearly clock change and let states opt out, but the bill still needs approval from the full House and Senate.
- On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 to advance the Sunshine Protection Act, which would implement permanent daylight saving time as part of a five-year transportation Bill.
- Representative Vern Buchanan has championed the legislation annually since 2018, seeking to end biannual clock changes; the proposal remains popular in Florida for extending evening sports and recreation hours.
- Supporters argue the shift reduces sleep disturbances, workplace injuries, and car crashes. Representative Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat, said it is "better for safety and will boost New Jersey's tourism industry."
- Full approval from the House and Senate remains required for the Bill to become law. Republican Tom Cotton opposes the measure, arguing permanent daylight saving would force children to attend school in darkness.
- President Donald Trump praised the committee's vote, saying it is "time that people can stop worrying about the 'Clock.'" The United States previously used year-round daylight saving during World War Two and in 1974.
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‘This is an easy one!’ Trump pushes plan to cancel twice-yearly clock changing * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link President Donald Trump has announced his backing of a congressional plan to make Daylight Savings Time year-round. That move would cancel the twice-yearly agenda to change clocks, forward one hour in springtime and back one hour in the fall. Of course, there still remain advocates for keeping the flip-flopping, as well as those who
The bill that would guarantee to stop moving the schedule twice a year is backed by Donald Trump and moves forward in search of approval
Buchanan, Bilirakis applaud committee passage of permanent daylight savings time measure
WASHINGTON — A long-stalled effort to make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide advanced in Congress on Thursday as lawmakers tucked the proposal into a broader infrastructure package headed to the House floor. The provision, part of Rep. Vern Buchanan’s Sunshine Protection Act, was included in an amendment to the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act and cleared… The post Buchanan, Bilirakis applaud committee passage of permanent daylight saving…
Trump vows to work ‘very hard’ to enact permanent daylight saving time
A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent has advanced in the House, reigniting an age-old American debate around the twice-annual clock changes. And this time, the proposal has the president’s backing.
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