Really happy to have you here.

Happy Monday.

Something is happening right now, right this second in Washington, in the Senate.

And this is a bit of a surprise.

At 7 p.m. Eastern tonight, Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey started talking on the floor of the Senate.

And I think to the surprise of all his colleagues,

he soon made clear that he is not intending to stop talking tonight.

Tonight, I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble.

I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate

for as long as I am physically able.

I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis.

Republicans as well as Democrats are talking to me about

what they feel is a sense of dread about a growing crisis or what they point to about what is

going wrong, that bedrock commitments in our country that both sides rely on, that people from all

backgrounds rely on, those bedrock commitments are being broken. Unnecessary hardships are being borne by Americans of all backgrounds.

And institutions which are special in America, which are precious, which are unique in our country,

are being recklessly.

And I would say even unconstitutionally affected, attacked,

even shattered. In just 71 days, the President of the United States has inflicted

so much harm on Americans' safety, financial stability, the core foundations of our democracy, and even our aspirations as a people

from our highest offices a sense of common decency.

These are not normal times in America.

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