Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the Democratic minority in the United States House of Representatives, broke the record for the longest speech in the history of the chamber on Thursday after spending nearly nine hours criticizing Donald Trump’s budget bill to delay its approval.
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Despite the length of Jeffries’ speech, in the afternoon by 218 votes to 214, the Republican majority approved the “big beautiful bill,” as the President of the United States dubbed it, which will increase spending on defense and surveillance against immigration, but will cut the budget in areas such as Medicaid, which provides health insurance to low-income individuals.
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What did Jeffries say against Trump’s law?
Jeffries broke the record previously held by the then Republican House Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, since 2021, when he spent 8 hours and 32 minutes criticizing the infrastructure investment law passed during President Joe Biden’s term.
In his 8 hours and 45 minutes, Jeffries recounted how the budget cuts policy that the Trump Administration intends to implement will leave many of his compatriots without access to Medicaid or SNAP, for example, health insurance and food assistance program for low-income individuals, respectively.
Jeffries, who displayed an extremely slow pace, with wide spaces between phrases, was cheered by his party colleagues when he finished his speech, which is part of a legislative rule known as the “magic minute,” which allows House leaders to speak for as long as they wish.
“Keep going for those who were left behind. Keep going for the rule of law. Keep going for the American way of life. Keep going for democracy. We will keep going until we achieve victory,” said the representative from New York upon finishing.
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