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On the recordOctober 28, 2025
each November, we fall back into darkness very literally. If we pass my Sunshine Protection Act and make daylight saving time permanent, we would gain an hour of afternoon sunlight in the winter months for families to soak up after work and after school. This measure has been so bipartisan that it has previously passed this body by unanimous consent. Here is what President Trump said about it: The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!! My cosponsor before Senator Scott came here was his predecessor from Florida, Senator Rubio, who is now our Secretary of State, who said that we should ``stop enduring the ridiculous and antiquated practice of switching our clocks back and forth. Let's . . . end the need to `fall back' and `spring forward' for good.'' I don't always agree with President Trump and with former-Senator, now-Secretary Rubio, but I sure do agree about this.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Advocating for the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent.

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