Political Quotes

“Mr. President, well, it is that time again. I think I have given this speech three or four times in the last few years. This weekend, all of America and my constituents back in Alabama will spring forward to daylight saving time. I am working very hard to make this, hopefully, possibly, the last time that we move our clocks. I recently joined my colleague Senator Rick Scott to reintroduce for the third time the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent at the Federal level. Out of all the legislative efforts I have been part of in my 4 years here in Congress, the thing I hear about the most from my people in Alabama is their desire to lock the clock. Daylight saving time should be a thing of the past because it literally is a thing of the past. First introduced as a temporary measure during World War I, daylight saving time was originally called wartime, and it was a way to help conserve fuel during a very different time in this country. Following the end of World War I, in 1918, the Standard Time Act was enacted to continue daylight saving time nationally, but individual States continued to spring forward and fall back. Then, during World War II, there was a renewed Federal push for full-time daylight saving time, which then was repealed in 1945. Finally, in 1966, Congress passed legislation to establish national standards for daylight saving time.…”