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00:00This is what the voices we brought into this chamber,
00:05the voices of our constituents, red states, blue states,
00:07the voices of Democrats and Republicans,
00:09Republican governors, Democratic governors,
00:12we brought all the people that are saying no,
00:14this is a moral moment, not left or right, right or wrong.
00:18And so I tried over the last 25 hours and one minute
00:25to center the conversation back
00:26on what will we do of good conscience.
00:30People who are saying I serve this country,
00:33I risked my life, shouldn't be able to keep my job.
00:35People are saying this country once made itself
00:38the envy of the world because we invested
00:39in high quality education for every child.
00:41I don't like what's going on
00:43at the end of the Department of Education.
00:45People are saying I worked harder than I ever have,
00:48but the prices on everything in my life are getting higher.
00:51People who are saying that the America I learned about
00:53in school, the one where people's rights are protected,
00:55the people are saying that why are we yet again
00:57going through another healthcare battle
00:59that threatens millions of people,
01:00the people are saying that I'm worried
01:01about the financial security and the future of my country,
01:04the voices of folks.
01:06And so I end by saying simply this,
01:09where I started was John Lewis.
01:12I don't know how to solve this.
01:14I don't know how to stop us from going down this road.
01:16Chuck Schumer has now told me that they're greasing
01:19the skids to do these things.
01:20I'm sorry, but I know who does have the power,
01:26the people of the United States of America.
01:30The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
01:33It is time to heed the words of the man
01:35I began this whole thing with, John Lewis.
01:38I beg folks to take his example of his early days
01:42where he made himself determined to show his love
01:45for his country at a time the country didn't love him,
01:49to love this country so much, to be such a patriot
01:51that he endured beatings savagely
01:53on the Edmund Pettus Bridge,
01:55at lunch counters, on freedom rides.
01:57He said he had to do something.
02:01He would not normalize a moment like this.
02:04He would not just go along with business as usual.
02:08He wouldn't know how to solve it.
02:10But there's one thing that he would do
02:12that I hope we all can do
02:13that I think I did a little bit of tonight.
02:15He said for us to go out and cause some good trouble,
02:25necessary trouble, to redeem the soul of our nation.
02:31I want you to redeem the dream.
02:33Let's be bold in America, not to mean and degrade Americans,
02:39not divide us against each other.
02:41Let's be bolder in America with a vision
02:43that inspires, with hope,
02:46that starts with the people of the United States of America.
02:50That's how this country started, we the people.
02:53Let's get back to the ideals that others are threatening.
02:55Let's get back to our founding documents,
02:57that those imperfect geniuses had some very special words
03:00at the end of the Declaration of Independence.
03:02It was one of the greatest in all of humanity,
03:04declarations of interdependence.
03:07When our founder said we must mutually pledge,
03:10pledge to each other our lives,
03:13our fortunes, and our sacred honor,
03:16we need that now from all Americans.
03:20This is a moral moment.
03:21It's not left or right, it's right or wrong.
03:29It's getting good trouble.
03:31My friend, Madam President, I yield the floor.
04:05Madam President, Madam President, thank you to the pages, thank you to the parliamentarian
04:14staff, thank you to the clerks, thank you to the doorkeepers, there are so many people
04:18that make this place special, I kept you up all night, kept you up 24 hours, I just want
04:22to say thank you.
04:23Thank you, everybody.