Senate holds hearing on daylight saving time — will the US ‘lock the clocks?’
- A Senate committee held a hearing discussing a year-round time standard to eliminate clock changes, as described by Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the committee.
- Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester expressed that Americans are tired of changing clocks and called for a thoughtful solution to the issue.
- An Economist/YouGov poll from November 2021 indicated that 63% of Americans want to eliminate the time changes altogether.
- President Trump has labeled the issue as a '50/50 issue' and previously stated that daylight saving time is 'inconvenient' and costly.
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Ditch the switch? Senators debate future of daylight saving time
'Stop the clock': GOP, Dems come together to end Daylight Saving over health, economic risks
Sens. Ted Cruz and Lisa Blunt-Rochester held a hearing Thursday on the merits of stopping the clock and ending the twice-yearly swaps to and from Daylight Saving Time.

Senate holds hearing on daylight saving time — will the US ‘lock the clocks?’
(NEXSTAR) — The U.S. has had a back-and-forth relationship with daylight saving time, and another chapter unfolded on Thursday. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on Thursday — titled “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock The Clock?” — to “examine the various issues around whether the country should continue ‘springing forward’ and ‘falling back’ each year with time.” “Congress has the authority to …
Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Whether to Keep Daylight Saving
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation holds a full committee hearing at 10 a.m. ET on April 10 to examine the various issues around whether the country should keep daylight saving. Witnesses: Mr. Scott Yates, Founder, Lock the Clock Movement Mr. Jay Karen, Chief Executive Officer, National Golf Course Owners Association Dr. Karin Johnson, Practicing Physician and Professor of Neurology at UMass Chan School of Medicine Bay…
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