Democratic and Republican members of Congress are pushing for new legislation to normalize Daylight Saving Time and not move back to Standard Time.
Those involved in promoting the legislation include Republican Senators Marco Rubio, James Lankford, Roy Blunt, Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Rick Scott, and Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, R-N.Y., and Randolph. Whitehouse (D-N.Y.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and others, who are renewing the Sunshine Protection Act, which would eliminate so-called daylight saving time nationwide.
The senators said in a statement that their bill would apply to most U.S. states that observe daylight saving time, and if the law goes into effect, it would mean that no one would have to change their clocks twice a year.
Studies have already shown that lack of sleep in the spring is associated with more traffic accidents, business and industry, suicides and miscarriages. Fall evenings get dark quickly, and darkness is associated with depression. When daylight saving time begins, the risk of heart attack increases because the extra reduced sleep is associated with heart attacks.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine believes that people would benefit from eliminating daylight saving time. They believe that making daylight saving time a permanent standard time will stop causing the dangers associated with daylight saving time.
This year, daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 14, and runs through Nov. 7.
There is a bipartisan push in Congress to make daylight saving time permanent. (Unsplash page)
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