Sen. Cory Booker just made history on Capitol Hill. The New Jersey Democrat, 55, delivered the longest U.S. Senate speech at 25 hours and 5 minutes, breaking the record previously held by Sen. Strom Thurmond at 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957, per The New York Times.
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00:00Would the senator yield for a question?
00:02Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no.
00:07I 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?
00:19I'm very sore and weary and tired, but I'm enormously grateful for a lot of folks who sent me their very, very personal stories.
00:40They gave me a chance to speak to the pain, hurt, fear, anger, demands of a lot of Americans.
00:47I'm so grateful to a lot of my colleagues, a lot of the help that people gave me to do this.
00:53I didn't know how long I could go, but I'm so grateful that I lasted for 25 hours.