Hakeem Jeffries breaks House speech record, talking down Trump's mega bill
Source: USA Today
Updated July 3, 2025, 3:24 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON – House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, now holds the title for the longest floor speech, surpassing the previous record of 8 hours and 33 minutes. And he kept going.
Jeffries took to the floor just before 5 a.m. in Washington, following hours of debate, procedural voting and arm twisting by Republicans in the process of passing President Donald Trump's sweeping tax, spending and policy bill. “I rise today in strong opposition to Donald Trump’s disgusting abomination…that guts Medicaid, rips food from the mouths of children, seniors and veterans, and rewards billionaires with massive tax breaks,” Jeffries said early in his address.
The top House Democrat used his “magic minute” − a privilege of leadership that allows him to speak on the floor for an unlimited amount of time − to throw a wrench in Republicans’ timeline with an 8 hour and 44 minute speech.
"You broke the record now, keep going," one lawmaker, from the sea of Democrats surrounding Jeffries, encouraged when Jeffries hit the official mark at 1:26 p.m. Eastern Time.
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