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Do you know you have just broken the record?
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Do you know how proud this caucus is of you?
Do you know how proud America is of you?
After the applause, Booker said to Schumer, You asked me, Did I know?
Then, he said, I have not quite wrapped this up yet.
He went until 8:04 p.m.
ET, or 25 hours and four minutes.
In his final moments, he said, I want you to redeem the dream.
Booker was not allowed to take a restroom break or to sit down.
He told reporters that he stopped eating after Friday and drinking water after Sunday.
He said that the biggest thing he was fighting was that different muscle groups were starting to cramp up.
ET on Monday and has held the floor since then.
Im not here because of a speech.
Im here despite his speech, Booker said.
Im here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful.
I turn again to John Lewis.
Decades later he was a congressman.
That man brought his grandson with him to ask for forgiveness from John Lewis.
Lewis, Booker noted, said, Every one of us needs mercy.
Every one of us needs redemption.
We wept, and I looked at the boy this nation needs you too.
