President Trump gets his wish to sign his so-called Big Beautiful Bill by the Fourth of July as the House narrowly passes it, but not before House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries set the record for longest House speech.

In a nearly 9 hour speech, Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries set a record for the longest floor speech in modern history of the House of Representatives. In protest against President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill,

Jeffries says he will ‘take my sweet time’ to hold up Trump bill vote In a passionate floor speech as the House drew near to a final vote, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted what he called President Donald Trump’s “big ugly bill.