The United States Senate approved this Tuesday unanimously suppress time change and keep summer time to have brighter evenings, an initiative that now has to be ratified by the House of Representatives.
The measure, which would enter into force in November 2023, would permanent summer time, so that the United States would stop changing the time twice a year.
During the debate in the Upper House, the Republican Senator Marco Rubiopromoter of the bill, described the time change as “stupid” and opined that “most Americans want to stop advancing and slowing down” the clock.
Rubio claimed that summer time allows “spending more time outdoors in the afternoons” because there is more sunlight, in addition to the fact that, in his opinion, crime is reduced. “I know that this is not the most important issue for the United States, but it is one of the issues that generates the most consensus,” he added about the suppression of the time change.
TV networks and airlines
When drafting the text, the senator agreed with the airlines and television networks for the entry into force of this measure from November 2023 so that they have time to adapt.
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If the House of Representatives approves it, the initiative will be sent to the president, Joe Biden, who has not yet ruled for or against enacting it.