Cory Booker

And so I've tried over the last 25 hours and one minute to center the conversation back on what will we do of good conscience.

This is a moral moment. It's not left or right, it's right or wrong. It's getting good trouble. My friend, Madam President, I yield the floor.

This is a moral moment. It's not left or right, it's right or wrong. It's getting good trouble. My friend, Madam President, I yield the floor.

Yes, I'm a Democrat and I admit that our health care system needs so much help and so much reform. One out of every three of our tax dollars is being spent on health care. That's ridiculous. And what are we getting from it? A society that's getting more and more sick.

Yes, I'm a Democrat and I admit that our health care system needs so much help and so much reform. One out of every three of our tax dollars is being spent on health care. That's ridiculous. And what are we getting from it? A society that's getting more and more sick.

How can the central precept of our country, founded on principles that are reflected in the good book... How could we say that we should cut health care from the sick and the needy to give bigger tax cuts to Elon Musk?

How can the central precept of our country, founded on principles that are reflected in the good book... How could we say that we should cut health care from the sick and the needy to give bigger tax cuts to Elon Musk?

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.

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.

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, and even shattered. In just 71 days, a president of the United States has inflicted so much harm on Americans' safety, financial stability, the core foundations of our democracy,

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, and even shattered. In just 71 days, a 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, and they should not be treated as such.

and even our aspirations as a people from our highest offices, a sense of common decency. These are not normal times in America, and they should not be treated as such.

and stabilized his mental health because of his prescription drugs, but then stopped being able to afford them, started skimping on the drugs, had a mental health crisis, lost his job, and his whole life, just stabilized.

and stabilized his mental health because of his prescription drugs, but then stopped being able to afford them, started skimping on the drugs, had a mental health crisis, lost his job, and his whole life, just stabilized.

Thanks for having me on on a really awful day for our nation. Frankly, it's an awful day for Ukraine and our nation. The one nation that really is celebrating right now is Vladimir Putin in Russia.

Thanks for having me on on a really awful day for our nation. Frankly, it's an awful day for Ukraine and our nation. The one nation that really is celebrating right now is Vladimir Putin in Russia.

I had a European leader in my office who came and asked to come meet with me privately to express his distress over Ukraine, who told me about what does it say about our world that for the first time, to his knowledge, we've ever seen in a U.N. resolution around the Security Council, America side with China and Russia. and condemning what Putin did and not their European democratic allies.