He began the speech at 4:53 a.m. EDT and finished at 1:37 p.m. EDT, 8 hours, 44 minutes later, breaking the record set by then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California in 2021, when he was the GOP leader.

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The 54-year-old House Democratic leader's speech outpaced the previous record set by former Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who as the GOP leader in 2021 spoke against a Democratic spending measure.