00:00I deserve a gentleman from New Jersey.
00:02Thank you, sir.
00:03Speaker, I...
00:04So you fall back in, as we get to October,
00:08and that means you lose the time, the light that you'd had all this time.
00:16Spring forward is always seen by the American people,
00:21and if you serve for Roger Williams and the Republican baseball team,
00:26it's an opportunity for you to be able to see for the first time in life
00:32what the day is going to look like to catch a fly ball.
00:36The bottom line to this whole thing is spring forward, fall back,
00:42is something that impacts every single American,
00:45and it impacts people when they go to work.
00:48It impacts people as they try and find time to play with their children at night,
00:54just a little bit extra time.
00:56It helps people who have retinal or eye issues
01:01to be able to see more clearly for longer from the time they get up
01:06until the time they work their way home, perhaps after work.
01:10And it's no wonder that spring forward, fall back,
01:15is something that the American people are asking Congress.
01:20Please standardize this and give us more light and opportunity.
01:25I hear broad agreement in this chamber and beyond
01:28that the twice-yearly time changes have acute health consequences.
01:32But I want to talk about the chronic, long-term impacts
01:36of this bill's late winter sunrise.
01:39Early morning light is an important environmental cue
01:42to set our body's internal clocks and promote alertness.
01:46And dim evening light tells our bodies that it is time to sleep.
01:49We function best, scientists tell us, on a physical, mental, and social level
01:55when our bodies, the sun, and the clock are a wall that are all aligned.
02:02Kids perform better at school.
02:04Workers are more alert.
02:05That's why observe standard time in the winter months
02:08and why we should at least consider observing it year-round.
02:12The American Medical Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine,
02:16the National Sleep Foundation, and dozens of other societies
02:20tell us if we stop the clock, permanent standard time is a healthier choice.
02:25Permanent standard time.
02:56Permanent standard time.
02:59308, the nays are 117.
03:01The bill is passed.
03:06Mr. Frost, on which the yays and nays were ordered, the clerk will redesignate the motion.
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