Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) set the record for giving the longest speech on the floor of the US Senate.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what's set to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday evening. He began at 7 p.m. ET.

On Tuesday evening, the 55-year-old New Jersey senator broke the record for the longest speech held on the Senate floor after he endured over 25 hours without taking a break, a seat, or consuming a single item of food. He also broke his own personal record of 15 hours. By the end, he said he was tired, dehydrated, and feeling achy.

The lawmaker who's been holding the Senate floor with a lengthy speech railing against President Donald Trump's Republican agenda is a New Jersey Democrat who once found common ground with the president during his first term.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is holding a marathon speech on the Senate floor criticizing the Trump administration. You can watch it live here.

A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening — and he doesn’t plan on leaving it any time soon. In a text message to TPM, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said he was about to begin speaking for as long as he could stand.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) pulled an all-nighter and has delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor looking to combat the Trump administration and its policies. He’s well on his way to

As NPR noted, “The longest filibuster on record was a 1957 speech by then-Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina — in opposition to the Civil Rights Act — that lasted for 24 hours and 18 minutes.” Technically, Booker’s speech was not a filibuster since the Senate wasn’t holding a debate over a specific bill or nominee.

Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told NPR's Juana Summers he stopped eating and drinking before his record-breaking speech.