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HYDE-SMITH AGAIN JUMPS AT CHANCE TO END ‘SPRING FORWARD’ ‘FALL BACK’ RIGMAROLE
Cosponsors Senator Rubio’s New ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the nation prepares to change their clocks next weekend, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week again threw her support behind the effort to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the United States.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 (S.582) introduced by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a renewed legislative effort to negate the need for Americans to “spring forward” and “fall back” every year. This year, DST begins at 2:00 a.m., Sunday, March 12.
“Many Mississippians, especially those in agriculture, agree that ending the disruptive practice of re-setting our clocks would bring public safety improvements, economic benefits, and even mental health benefits to our nation,” Hyde-Smith said. “I’m proud to again cosponsor the Sunshine Protection Act in an effort to make permanent Daylight Saving Time a reality.”
“This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid. Locking the clock has overwhelming bipartisan and popular support. This Congress, I hope that we can finally get this done,” Rubio said.
Technically, S.582 would repeal the current eight-month “temporary” DST period mandated in the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Its enactment would allow 21 states—including Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama—to implement laws and resolutions for year-round DST.
The bill would not: alter or change time zones, change the number of hours of sunlight, or mandate the adoption of DST by states that do not currently observe DST (American Samoa, most of Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands).
Additional S.582 original cosponsors include U.S. Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ron Wyden (R-Ore.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.).
In March 2022, the Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 and sent it to the House of Representatives. However, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi never brought the legislation up for a vote, despite broad support among lawmakers and the American people.
Additional background: The United States enacted Daylight Savings Time (DST) following Germany’s 1916 effort to conserve fuel during World War I, and its period of observance has since been lengthened. Originally mandated for six months, Congress in 2005 extended DST to begin the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. As a result, the United States now enjoys eight months of DST, and only four months of Standard Time (November-March). The United States has also gone through periods of year-round DST, including 1942-1945 and 1974-1975.
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Please leave the time thing alone. It helps our farmers and truckers to have more daylight hours.
Farmers work by the sun, not by the clock. Truckers drive by delivery time and do a lot of it at night. Clocks are artificial time and changing a clock twice a year is ridiculous and meaningless.
That would be wonderful and I hope it goes through!
Me too It’s light in many states and Mississippi is behind ! Andddd who has the most crime??? Mississippi
Remain on DST year around. 👍👍👍
For the very first time, I admit that Cindy did something right. She has been an embarrassment since she has been in the Senate. Perhaps, she can make me a believer.
I ABSOLUTELY HATE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME!! I will never vote for
ANY official who FORCES this on those of us who HATE DST!!
So now y’all wanna rule the time I guess y’all be trying to change the seasons next 🤦
Leave it like it is living in area where you see land as far as you can see it.gives our farmers that extra time to grow cotton soybean milo corn the list goes on and on beans to help get their crops in DO NOT CHANGE THE LAW WE NEED THAT EXTRA HOURS IN SUMMER I VOTE NO
I honestly don’t care which time frame they choose. Just pick one and stick with it! This flip flopping back and forward is ridiculous.
Daylight saves lives!! It gives everyone more light to work, be outside and our kids can be safe outside! It stops wrecks bc people can see ! Think about kids that are at home while parents are working and it’s dark!! It’s so depressing to see it dark at 4:15 !! Let the light shine!!! Truckers and farmers need more light !!!
I would think that You would have better things to do with The Taxpayers money than this stupid thing!!! You should be ashamed of taking the taxpayers money and doing nothing worthwhile in Washington DC!!!
Why don’t You spend more time trying to help Seniors with Social Security!!!