A Senate panel is weighing whether to end the practice of Americans changing their clocks twice a year.
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said at a Thursday hearing that there is an agreement among his colleagues that the country should adopt permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time, Politico reported.
Daylight saving time is observed from March to November, while permanent standard time is observed from November to March.
In 2022, the Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent. It failed to pass the House.
Members of the Commerce Committee said they wanted to give states the freedom to make their own decisions on whether to adopt daylight or standard time, Politico reported.
"There are very real and complicated issues and countervailing arguments on both sides," Cruz told Politico. "There is widespread agreement on locking the clock … but the reason we're holding these hearings is because these are real arguments and they have real impacts on people."
At the hearing, the CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association backed permanent daylight saving time, while a sleep medicine expert argued for permanent standard time, Politico reported.
Cruz told Politico that changing clocks twice a year can disrupt sleep, leading to further health problems like higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and an increase in car crashes.
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