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Ted Cruz: “There are actually studies that show the day after you…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Interview with Senator Ted Cruz on Texas School Choice, Tariffs, and Legislative Priorities

Published | Video Starts at 21:31

There's actually a lot of data that car accidents are caused by when you spring forward, people get less sleep, they have more car accidents, they have more depression, you have more illness, you have more heart attacks. There are actually studies that show the day after you spring forward and people get less sleep, that Monday is the day judges give the single harshest sentences of the year. And so there are real negative effects to changing the clock twice a year. I think it makes sense to lock the clock. Now. (21:31–21:43)

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