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>>> IN
>>> IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS GOD DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS.
>> THEY PUT FORTH A BILL TO END
OUR BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, EVERY
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. THEY POINT TO SCIENTIFIC
STUDIES, THERE ARE SEVERAL
NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS,
GREATER RISK OF HEART ATTACKS,
MORE FREQUENT WORKPLACE
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. AND SUICIDE RATES INCREASE THE
DAYS FOLLOWING THE SWITCH.
THEY ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE
THE EARLY MORNING SUNLIGHT IN
THE WINTERS TO HAVE LONGER
NIGHTS IN THE SUMMER, THE STATE
HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE TO
APPROVE IT BY TWO THIRDS MARGIN
AND THE GOVERNOR HAS TO SIGN
OFF ON IT.
BUT IT WILL BE AN UPHILL BATTLE
FROM THEIR.
FROM THEIR. IN 1966 THEY PASS THIS ACT TO
PUT THIS ON THE CALENDAR TO
START AND STOP DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. HAWAII AND ARIZONA REMAIN ON THE
SAME TIME.
SAME TIME. BUT IF WASHINGTON WANTS TO
CHALLENGE THAT, THEY NEED
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. FLORIDA LAWMAKERS APPROVED THE
SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT, EARLY
LAST YEAR, THE SENATOR
INTRODUCED IT TO CONGRESS, SO
FAR, IT HAS BEEN TO COMMITTEES
BUT HAS NOT SEEN WILL
ATTRACTION.
ATTRACTION. EVEN IF WE COULD GET IT PASSED
THE STATE LEGISLATOR HERE, WE
WOULD TAKE IT TO CONGRESS AND
THEY WOULD HAVE TO CARE ENOUGH
TO WANT TO DO IT.
>> THERE IS A CHANCE.
SO IN THE SUMMER IT WOULD GET
DARK AT 11 PM INSTEAD OF 10 PM?
>> KNOW IT WOULD BE THE
OPPOSITE WAY.
OPPOSITE WAY. >> YOU HAVE COMMERCE ISSUES AND
SAFETY ISSUES.
SAFETY ISSUES. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS TO
CONSIDER.
CONSIDER.
CONSIDER. >> EVERYONE HATES THE TIME
CHANGE WHENEVER WE DO IT.
IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD GET BEHIND THIS IF WE ALL
GOT TOGETHER.
GOT TOGETHER. >> WASHINGTON, OREGON,
CALIFORNIA, WE WOULD SHIFT.
BUT THEN