Trump pushes to make daylight saving time permanent after Sunshine Protection Act passes committee

President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed Congress to pass a measure that would make daylight saving time permanent in the United States. 

The president celebrated a House committee’s move to advance the legislation forward and called on lawmakers to solidify the passage of efforts to end the practice of shifting clocks forward by one hour in the spring and back in the fall. Trump said he would “work very hard” to see the Sunshine Protection Act signed into law. 

“This is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks,” Trump wrote. “Many of these Clocks are located in Towers, and the cost of renting, or using, Heavy Equipment to do this twice a year is prohibitive!”

Trump’s post responded to the House energy and commerce committee’s move to advance the measure in a bipartisan 48-1 vote.