I rise tonight because silence at this moment of national crisis would be a betrayal of some of the greatest heroes of our nation

Editor’s note: the following is an excerpt from Cory Booker’s 25-hour marathon speech on the US Senate floor

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.

Cory Booker is a US senator from New Jersey