Posted on 03/14/2018 11:16:08 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Responding to legislation that cleared the Florida Legislature last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has introduced a pair of bills in Congress, one allowing Florida to stay in daylight saving time year-round and the other putting the entire nation on year-round daylight saving time.
Florida lawmakers passed a bill sponsored by state Sen. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, that asks Congress to permit the state to maintain daylight saving time all year. Congress currently allows states to opt out of daylight saving time and stay in standard time year-round, but not the other way around.
“Reflecting the will of the Sunshine State, I proudly introduce these bills that would approve Florida’s will and, if made nationally, would also ensure Florida is not out of sync with the rest of the nation,” Rubio said in a press release.
Rubio’s press release includes a list of benefits from staying in daylight saving time year-round, including increased economic activity, fewer robberies, reduced car crashes, increased physical fitness and even a reduction in childhood obesity.
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Makes sense.
This guy went from the Great Latino / Tea Party Hope when he was first elected to a squishy non-entity who introduces Daylight Savings Time bills. How the mighty have fallen.
Keep it on DST all year round.
Many countries no longer switch their clocks twice a year.
We should follow suit.
Rubio’s great legislative accomplishment—sending children to school bus stops in pitch darkness.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Foam Boy was faking the tea party stance.
Now that it is known that he supports arming jihadists and amnesty for illegal aliens, there was no excuse for re-electing him.
Fall Back one more time, in 2018, and stay there permanently nationwide.
I like the idea, wonder if the vote will be party line :)
Wouldn’t you know it?!!
Daylight Saving Time = clock
Clocks have hands, small hands.
A lesson for all.
We should have NEVER attempted to tinker with Old Father Time. Take us back, move us forward. We consistently remain in the same place.
Won’t happen, McCain and Rand Paul will fight it, because that’s what they do.
I would prefer year round not daylight savings time...
Additionally, New England ought to go onto Atlantic time. It’s kind of silly that Downeast Maine and the UP of Michigan are part of the same time zone.
Oh my gosh finally this guy’s done something worthwhile. I’m all for this as long as it’s a simple bill they don’t add 50 billion dollars worth of spending in the Daylight Saving time bill.
Well AFAIK it’s the first piece of legislation he’s introduced that I agree with.
I don’t know I can’t stand short days I like it getting dark later in the day
I want longer days all year round.
I dunno. Up in the northern tier of states, if we weren’t on Daylight Saving Time, the sun would be rising at 4am in the summer. Dealing with an early sunset in the winter is probably easier than an early sunrise in the summer.
NO! Go with standard time. Then I don’t have to try to sleep with some ahole mowing his lawn at 2200. I’m on shift at 0600.
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