The Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Committee convened Thursday to discuss whether to end seasonal time changes.
Bipartisan senators and witnesses mostly agreed that requirements should be eliminated to set clocks back in the fall and move them forward in the spring.
Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) cited energy advances as reason to end the practice, which originally came about in 1918 to save on energy use during dark hours.
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“Today, the data show energy savings from daylight saving time are de minimis, if not entirely nonexistent. Advances in technology, particularly in lighting and climate control, and increased domestic energy production have drastically reduced the relative price of energy compared to the past,” Cruz said at the hearing.
