As the nation prepares to “fall back” to Standard Time on Nov. 2, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., took to the Senate floor Tuesday to oppose a measure that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent and force millions of Americans to start their winter days in the dark.
Recalling how the United States experimented with eliminating Standard Time and adopting Daylight Saving Time year-round 51 years ago, Cotton said that the Sunshine Protection Act would “make winter a dark and dismal time” for people in his home state and many others across the country.
“In January of 1974, millions of Americans traveled to work and school in darkness,” the senator began. “Commuter trains were delayed.”
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