{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-once-again-fights-to-lock-the-clock-and-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent/", "Tuberville\u00a0Once Again Fights to \u201cLock the Clock\u201d and Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent", "2025-10-29", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) delivered a speech advocating for The Sunshine Protection Act, his bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Sen. Tuberville joined U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and several other colleagues in forcing a vote on the bill \u2013 but unfortunately, it did not pass the Senate.\n\nRead excerpts from his speech below or watch on YouTube or Rumble.\n\n\u201cMr. President, I come to the floor today to once again talk about the outdated practice of changing our clocks twice a year. This weekend, my constituents back home in Alabama and across America will be forced to change their clocks. As a result, it will be dark in Washington, D.C. at 5PM next week.\n\nIn the five years I have served here in the Senate, making Daylight Saving Time permanent is the number one issue that I hear about back home. And I\u2019m proud to have joined my colleague, Rick Scott, earlier this year in reintroducing the Sunshine Protection Act to make Daylight Saving Time permanent on the federal level. Unfortunately, it hasn\u2019t been brought to the floor for a vote.\n\nSo, here I am advocating once again to make the outdated practice of changing the clock a thing of the past. You know, for nearly 60 years, Americans have changed their clocks back and forth twice a year, but the roots of Daylight Saving Time trace back much further. Daylight Saving Time was introduced during World War I and then reused again during World War II as a temporary way to help conserve fuel and energy. Following the ends of both wars, the decision to spring forward and fall back was returned to individual states. It wasn\u2019t \u2018til 1966 when the system of changing our clocks twice a year that we use now was made permanent. Changing our clocks twice a year might have made sense in the 60s, but it doesn\u2019t make sense anymore. The twice a year time change doesn\u2019t make sense today.\n\nWe know the devastating impact disruption from so-called \u2018Standard Time\u2019 has on Americans\u2019 health. Studies have suggested that disruption of sleep patterns due to time changes increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and physical injury. Northwestern [Medicine] found that the fall back and the spring forward are connected to a 6% spike in fatal car accidents and a 24% higher risk of heart attacks. Think about that. Additionally, the long-term health effects linked to changing our clocks include weight gain, cluster headaches, and depression. You would think we would listen to all that.\n\nBottom line: switching our clocks disrupts sleep patterns, and it has been proven time and time again to be harmful to the health. Thanks to RFK Jr.\u2019s great work [at] HHS, a lot of Americans are taking their health more seriously [\u2026] by trying to eat healthier and to get more sleep. Switching the clock back and forth is the exact opposite of the Make America Healthy Again movement that RFK Jr. has championed. It\u2019s bad for sleep, it\u2019s bad for nutrition, and it\u2019s bad for overall health.\n\nAnd for that reason, I push back and try to get this on the floor sooner or later, and I yield back to my colleague, Rick Scott.\u201d\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-once-again-fights-to-lock-the-clock-and-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9336601942777634, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}