"Efforts to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent Renewed Amidst State Discrepancies"

Republican senator James Lankford is renewing his efforts to make daylight savings time permanent, citing its antiquated origins and negative health impacts. Lankford recounted a conversation with a veteran who expressed a strong desire to end daylight savings time before he died. He emphasized the need to eliminate the time change and pointed to Arizona as an example of a state that has successfully stopped adjusting its clocks. This comes as Lankford faces criticism from his own party over a failed bipartisan border security agreement, which was mentioned by President Joe Biden during the State of the Union address.