Senator Murray: Make This The Last Weekend We Change Our Clocks

ICYMI from March 2021: Senator Murray pens Op-Ed with Marco Rubio calling for permanent Daylight Saving Time  – MORE HERE

ICYMI: Senator Murray Calls for Permanent Daylight Saving Time on the Senate Floor – MORE HERE

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), issued the following statement ahead of Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 13.

“I am determined to make sure this is the last weekend people in Washington state have to change their clocks—it’s time we finally make Daylight Saving Time permanent. I don’t know a single person who wants the sun to set at four o’clock in the afternoon during the winter—which it currently does for us here on the West Coast. Changing our clocks twice a year is an absolutely antiquated and ridiculous tradition—any parent who has worked so hard to get a newborn or toddler on a regular sleeping schedule gets it.

“In just this Congress, we’ve passed major bipartisan bills to strengthen supply chains, promote American manufacturing, and make a generational investment in our infrastructure—let’s keep up the bipartisanship and finally pass the Sunshine Protection Act. Before Daylight Saving Time ends this year, I want to see the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act on the floor of the Senate for a vote. Congress can walk and stop the clocks from changing at the same time—for goodness sake, time to get this done.”

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