US Senator Cory Booker breaks record holding the floor for over 25 hours

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US Senator Cory Booker breaks record holding the floor for over 25 hours  Democratic US Senator Cory Booker broke the record for the Senate's longest continuous speech on Tuesday, April 1, holding the floor for over 25 hours.  The record was previously held by the segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.  In the summer of 1957 Thurmond launched a filibuster against civil rights legislation that lasted 24 hours and 18 minutes. In the end, Thurmond failed in his mission to block a bill that expanded federal protections of voting rights for Black people.  The 55-year-old New Jersey lawmaker in a speech that began at 7 p.m. ET (2300 GMT) on Monday criticized the campaign by president Donald Trump and his key adviser Elon Musk, the world's richest person, to slash large swaths of the federal government.  SENATE TV / REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #corybooker  #recordholder

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00:00Would the senator yield for a question?

00:03Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no.

00:06I just want to tell you a question. Do you know you have just broken the record?

00:13Do you know how proud this caucus is of you? Do you know how proud America is of you?

00:24Ladies and gentlemen.

00:31Order. Order.

00:34The chair does not wish to take away from this moment, but I think the best way to honor this great accomplishment to our guests in the gallery,

00:43to make a rare exception and let you stand to show your appreciation, I will not constrain my fellow senators.

00:50Thank you. I'm Chuck Schumer. I have I have yielded for a question. And you asked me, did I know?

00:55I know now. I want to not quite wrap this up yet.

01:10I want to I don't want to wrap this up yet.

01:14My mom, Senator, my mom's been watching. I know Catherine Cortez Masto has a podium in front of her.

01:19She can give me a rest. I'd like to go a little further if we can just a little further.

01:23I love it again. I know people are trying to train each other and are all of our media operations.

01:29They give the worst images of the people of the other party.

01:33But I want to tell you one of the funny tweets my staff gave me is something Ted Cruz said is he's around 19, 20 hours.

01:40He said, maybe I should pull a fire alarm. He's going to break my record.

01:46I want to go a little bit past this. And then I'm going to I'm going to deal with some of the biological urgencies I'm feeling.

01:58When our founders said we must mutually pledge, pledge to each other.

02:03Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. We need that now from all Americans.

02:11This is a moral moment. It's not left or right. It's right or wrong.

02:20It's getting good trouble. My friend, Madam President. I yield the floor.

02:39You have been with me far past 15 hours. You've been with me for 23 hours and 49 minutes.

02:55Although my cousin Pam in the gallery should be the same amount of time.

03:00All right. So I'm going to yield my power. It's not going to go to my head.

03:05This is why we need separation of powers checks on men because men are not angels.

03:09I yield for a question while retaining the floor.

03:14Senator Booker, it has been a wonder to be with you on the floor these last 24 hours.

03:21You indeed did something extraordinary and performed a sympathy filibuster with me nine years ago, where, as I stood at that desk for 15 hours, you stood on the Senate floor.

03:33You didn't need to, but you did in solidarity. I have been with you for the last 24 hours, but I've sat for most of it.

03:44You've done the hard work. My staff here who should get a lot of credit for making it thus far.

03:51I'm not sitting down, but I'm mindful of what you said about Strom Thurmond.

03:57I'm mindful of that right now as I watch that clock tick for another 20 minutes.

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