特朗普总统正在加大对参议院共和党人的压力，要求其推进将夏令时永久化的立法，并指责参议员汤姆·科顿（阿肯色州共和党人）阻碍了两党为结束一年两次时钟更换而做出的努力。
President Trump is ramping up pressure on Senate Republicans to move forward with legislation making daylight saving time permanent, blaming Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) for holding up the bipartisan effort to end the twice-a-year changing of clocks.
众议院于7月以308票对117票通过了《阳光保护法案》，特朗普称之为“不再更换时钟法案”，但该措施尚未在参议院获得通过。
The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which Trump has dubbed the “No More Changing of Clocks Act,” in July with a 308-117 vote, but the measure has yet to clear the Senate.
特朗普周五早些时候在《真相社会》的一篇长篇帖子中写道：“一年发生两次的荒谬时钟更换过程，让我们的国家损失惨重，对犯罪、人们的压力、体育以及几乎所有你能想象的事情都不利。”
“A ridiculous Clock changing process that takes place twice a year, costs our Country a fortune, is bad for Crime, stress on people, Sports, and just about everything else you can imagine,” Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post early Friday.
“人们不想再到处换时钟了，而且，大多数人都喜欢在晚上而不是早上多晒一个小时的阳光，”他补充道。
“People don’t want to go around changing their Clocks anymore and, besides, far and away, most people like having an hour of extra sunlight in the evening, rather than in the morning,” he added.
特朗普特别提到了他支持科顿的连任竞选，称该法案因“未知原因”而被阿肯色州共和党人“搁置”。这位参议员一直是最直言不讳的反对者之一，他警告说，晚些时候的冬季日出将导致孩子们上学，数百万美国人在黑暗中上班。
Trump singled out Cotton, whose reelection bid he endorsed, saying the bill was being “held up” by the Arkansas Republican “for reasons unknown.”The senator has been among the most vocal opponents of permanent daylight-saving time, warning that later winter sunrises would leave children heading to school and millions of Americans traveling to work in the dark.
他去年表示：“如果永久的夏令时成为美国法律，那么冬季将再次成为数百万美国人黑暗而凄凉的时期。”
“If permanent daylight savings time becomes the law of the land, it will again make winter a dark and dismal time for millions of Americans,” he said last year.
特朗普认为，更多的晚间阳光将有助于减少犯罪和交通事故，同时有利于公共卫生和体育、旅游、餐馆和零售等行业。
Trump argued that more evening daylight would help reduce crime and traffic accidents, while benefiting public health and industries including sports, tourism, restaurants and retail.
“人们厌倦了每年更换两次时钟。即使是大多数农民也宁愿在晚上有额外的时间来收割庄稼，”特朗普写道，并补充说，这个问题是共和党、民主党和独立人士可以达成一致的问题。
“People are sick and tired of having to change their Clocks twice a year. Even most farmers would rather have additional time in the evening to harvest their crops,” Trump wrote, adding that the issue is one Republicans, Democrats and independents can agree on.
他补充说：“这种做法既愚蠢又不方便，而且在某些情况下还会带来高昂的成本。”根据记录，为应对能源危机，国会在1974年初将全国大部分地区的时间调整为了全年实行夏令时。
He added, “It is foolish, inconvenient and, in some cases, very costly.”Congress moved most of the country to year-round daylight-saving time in early 1974 in response to the energy crisis, records show.
然而，这一改革很快遭到了反对：冬季的日出时间变晚了，人们担心孩子们会在天还没亮的时候就赶去上学。因此，立法机构在当年秋天终止了这一改革措施。
But the experiment quickly ran into opposition as winter sunrises came later and concerns grew over children traveling to school before daylight. Lawmakers ended the experiment that fall.
2022年，参议院一致通过了类似的法案，但该法案在众议院却陷入了停滞状态。
The Senate unanimously passed a similar bill in 2022, but it stalled in the House.
这一次，尽管参议院的提案仍存在不确定性，众议院却率先采取了行动。众议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（John Thune，共和党，南达科他州）也对这项提案能否获得通过所需的60票表示怀疑。
This time, the lower chamber of Congress has acted while the proposal faces uncertainty in the upper chamber. Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has also cast doubt on whether the measure can secure the 60 votes needed to advance.