James Lankford: “Arizona is the only state that has the ability to be able to…”

“And so we need to find a way to say let's catch up with the times. What we're trying to do is say let each state choose. Somehow Arizona makes this work. Arizona is the only state that has the ability to be able to do that. They do not have time change in Arizona. And so their clocks just stay consistent. Somehow their kids get to school on time. Somehow things just work out fine there without all the craziness of time change.” (10:59–11:06)

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