特朗普总统于周六在社交媒体平台 Truth Social 上公布了参议员汤姆·科顿（Tom Cotton，共和党人，来自阿肯色州）的手机号码，并强烈呼吁参议院的共和党议员推动这项将夏令时制度永久化的立法。特朗普写道：“汤姆·科顿是我的朋友，他正在阻碍这项非常重要的法案的通过。在参议院里，阻止法案通过其实非常容易——只需要一个人反对就足够了。这项法案本应得到两党的一致支持并顺利通过。”
President Trump posted Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-Ark.) cell phone number on Truth Social Saturday, lashing out at Senate Republicans to move forward with legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent. “Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill,” Trump wrote, describing the Sunshine Protection Act. “For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it’s very easy to do, it only takes one! It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion.”
他还呼吁阿肯色州的民众：“请告诉你们的参议员：这项法案对美国参议院乃至整个美国来说都是一件具有重大意义的‘两党合作成果’。请直接给他打电话，让他知道大家的想法。”
“To the Great People of Arkansas, please let your Senator know it would be a GREAT Bipartisan WIN for the United States Senate, and for America, itself. Call Tom on his cellphone,” the president continued before he wrote the number.
特朗普指责科顿导致该法案在参议院陷入僵局。该法案已在众议院以 308 票赞成、117 票反对的结果获得通过，但随后在参议院的审议中却停滞不前。科顿一直是反对将夏令时制度永久化的代表人物之一；他担心，如果不再每年调整时钟时间，许多上学的孩子以及数百万上班的美国人将会生活在黑暗中。去年他曾表示：“如果夏令时制度成为法律，那么对数百万美国人来说，冬天将会再次变得黑暗而凄凉。”
“Let him know.”Trump blamed Cotton for the bill — which he called the “No More Changing of Clocks Act” — stalling in the Senate after it passed the House with a 308-117 vote. Cotton has been among the most vocal opponents of permanent daylight saving time —expressing concern that without the twice a year clock changes, many children heading to school and millions of Americans traveling to work would be left in the dark. “If permanent daylight saving 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.
特朗普则认为，延长的日照时间有助于减少犯罪和交通事故，同时也有利于公共健康以及体育、旅游、餐饮和零售等行业的发展。他在周六的帖子中还提到，这项法案对 PGA 巡回赛（PGA Tour）也有积极影响：“PGA 巡回赛需要在下午有更多的光照时间来完成比赛；普通的高尔夫球手、网球运动员、猎人，尤其是农民们，也都非常需要更多的日照时间来进行活动或工作。”
Trump countered that more evening daylight would help reduce crime and traffic accidents, while benefiting public health and industries including sports, tourism, restaurants and retail. In his Saturday Truth Social post, Trump continued that the bill would help the PGA Tour who “needs more Daylight in the afternoon in order to finish their Tournaments.”“Likewise, regular Golfers, Tennis Players, Hunters and, perhaps most importantly, Farmers who want more Daylight to play or work,” he added.
帖子中还附上了 PGA 巡回赛首席执行官布莱恩·罗拉普（Brian Rolapp）的来信，他在信中强烈支持这项法案，并指出该法案每年将为高尔夫运动带来 10 亿美元的新收入。
The post included a letter from PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp who wrote in “strong support” of the bill — citing that it would generate $1 billion annually in new direct revenue for the sport.
特朗普自8月以来一直推动《阳光保护法案》通过，但参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（共和党，南达科他州）对该措施能否获得推进所需的60票表示怀疑。科顿办公室未立即回应《国会山报》的置评请求。
Trump has pushed for the Sunshine Protect Act's passage since August, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has cast doubt on whether the measure can secure the 60 votes needed to advance. Cotton’s office did not respond immediately to The Hill’s request for comment.