明尼苏达州勒苏尔——参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩周一表示，尽管美国总统唐纳德·特朗普向共和党人施压要求通过一项确立永久夏令时的法案，但目前各方对于推进该法案尚未达成“共识”。
LE SUEUR, Minnesota — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday there is no “consensus” yet on advancing a bill establishing permanent daylight saving time even as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Republicans to pass it.
此前，特朗普在周末通过其“真实社交”（Truth Social）账号多次发文抨击这项被称为《阳光保护法》的立法，甚至公布了该法案的共和党反对者之一、阿肯色州参议员汤姆·科顿的个人手机号码。
Thune addressed the matter in a Monday interview after Trump used his Truth Social account multiple times over the weekend to rail against the legislation, known as the Sunshine Protection Act — going so far as to post the personal cell phone number of one of its GOP opponents, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
图恩在周一的一场采访中谈及此事时表示：“总统对此事非常关切，就像他对许多其他议题一样。
“The president feels strongly on it like he does a lot of issues,” he said.
这是我们正在进行对话的事情，但目前还没有清晰的前进道路或共识。”
"It’s something we’re having conversations about but there’s no clear path forward or consensus on it yet."
尽管特朗普点名批评了科顿，但图恩明确表示，反对永久夏令时提案的力量不仅限于一位参议员（该提案会导致该国部分地区在冬天的日出时间非常晚）。
While Trump singled out Cotton for scrutiny, Thune made clear the opposition to the permanent daylight saving time proposal — which would lead to very late winter sunrises in some parts of the country — ran deeper than one senator.
科顿多年来一直公开反对该提案，并列举了诸如他所在州的儿童在一年的部分时间里需要在黑暗中去上学等理由。
Cotton has publicly voiced opposition to the proposal for year, citing, among other things, the fact that children in his state would be going to school in the dark for part of the year.
密西西比州共和党参议员罗杰·威克周一在国会大厦对记者表达了类似的反对意见，称他注意到“在一些更靠北和更偏远的州，儿童很早就要去坐校车，这会引发安全隐患”。
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) voiced similar objections Monday to reporters in the Capitol, saying he was mindful of "safety concerns in the more northern and rural states where children get on the school bus in very early hours."
图恩在与共和党参议员提名人米歇尔·塔福亚一同在明尼苏达州进行竞选造势时发表了上述讲话，他本人过去也曾反对过夏令时法案。
Thune, who spoke during a campaign swing in Minnesota with GOP Senate nominee Michele Tafoya, has himself opposed previous daylight saving bills.
他于周一表示：“很大程度上取决于你身处国家的哪个位置”，并且“你的地理位置可能对你在这件事上的立场有着决定性的影响”。
He said Monday that “a lot of it depends on where you are in the country" and that "your geography probably has as much to do with your position on that as anything.”
与特朗普保持紧密结盟的佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特一直是推动该法案在参议院获得通过的议员之一。他最近告诉《政治报》：“我一定会确保它在今年获得通过。”莱利·罗杰森对本报道亦有贡献。
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who has aligned himself closely with Trump, is among the lawmakers who have been pushing to get the bill through the Senate. He recently told POLITICO, "I’m going to make sure it gets passed this year.