'The Big Weekend Show’ panel joins the debate around Daylight Saving Time.
Trump says Congress should push 'for more Daylight at the end of a day'
by Alex Nitzberg · Fox NewsPresident Donald Trump is weighing in on a national debate, apparently calling on Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
"The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!" the president declared Friday morning in a post on Truth Social.
Most parts of the U.S. participate in the twice-annual time changes when clocks are either set forward or backward by one hour. When clocks "spring forward" by an hour, that represents the switch to Daylight Saving Time.
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"The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation," Trump declared in a December post on Truth Social.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House on Friday to request a comment, but has not yet received a response.
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Earlier this year when asked when he would eliminate Daylight Saving Time, the president called the matter a "50-50 issue," noting that while he assumes people would prefer "more light later," there are some people who prefer more light early in the day.
While they hail from different sides of the political aisle, Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., both expressed support for the idea of ending the annual changes between Daylight Saving Time and Standard time during a hearing on Thursday.
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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing was titled, "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?"
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.