Jeff Merkley filibuster on Government Shutdown Day 22: Last 22 minutes of 22-hour Senate speech

From USA TODAY.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, held the Senate floor all night long Tuesday and into Wednesday, giving a marathon speech to disrupt legislative business and protest the Trump administration’s policies as lawmakers struggle to reopen the federal government. Merkley’s 22 hours and 22 minutes is an Oregon Senate floor record.