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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