Vern Buchanan: “This bill is about growing the American film industry, plain and simple.”

I urge adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

States like Florida, Louisiana, and Texas have built real production economies with crews, soundstages, and small businesses that depend on this work.

Polling shows that two-thirds of Americans want to unlock the clock. My bill is simply a solution to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.

We have got to come together. The time is now.