Posted on 05/22/2026 11:54:40 AM PDT by Libloather
President Donald Trump is championing the prospect of putting the kibosh on twice-annual clock changes by making daylight saving time permanent.
A bill to make daylight saving time permanent has been folded into a larger measure that the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced in a 48-1 vote on Thursday.
"Big Vote today (48-1!) in the Energy and Commerce Committee on a Bill including The Sunshine Protection Act, which will be making Daylight Saving Time Permanent! This is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks. Many of these Clocks are located in Towers, and the cost of renting, or using, Heavy Equipment to do this twice a year is prohibitive!" Trump wrote in a Thursday Truth Social post.
"It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production. It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it! We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day — And who can be against that — This is an easy one!" the president declared.
Rep. Vern Buchanan's, R-Fla., office noted in a Thursday press release that "The Sunshine Protection Act was included as a provision within an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (AINS) to the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act, which was marked up and sent to the House floor by the House Energy and Commerce Committee today."
The push is actually bipartisan.
"The legislation has 32 bipartisan cosponsors in the House, and Senate companion legislation (S. 29) introduced by Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has 18 bipartisan cosponsors," Buchanan's release noted.
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Yep. DST disrupts the circadian rhythm leading to health concerns.
https://www.the-scientist.com/how-does-daylight-saving-time-affect-circadian-rhythm-73664
Dr. Oz is 100% for Standard Time. He needs to take Trump to lunch....whatever McDonald’s he wants...and Trump won’t have to work foo his bill..Oz will pick up the tab.
HELL NO
Permanent Standard Time!
Sun shadow points North at Noon.
Instincts, back by Boy Scouts.
We will be glad when EMT hits, and GPS crashes, etc.
Sundials will be more valuable than Rolexes.
Didn’t Rubio get this moving 10 years ago and it does in the senate?
End it. Just pick one. If a person doesn’t like one way or another wake up earlier or later. It is just one of the crappiest way the government controls every aspect of everything, even time.
I just wanted to see them decide it was foolih to be changing cloclocks every six months. I could see no need of it.
Nixon put the country on Daylight Savings as a reaction to the oil embargo \ energy crisis. Supposed to save energy. I remember very well waiting for the school bus under the full moon about Feb of 1974. Freezing cold, in CT as well. No repeat for the grandkids, please.
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