Young Oak Kim: “Thank you, Senator Booker, and thank you for coming to the floor tonight and speaking up. I have a few questions for…”

“Thank you, Senator Booker, and thank you for coming to the floor tonight and speaking up. I have a few questions for you. So why don't you catch your breath. I wanted to start by saying how proud I am of you to represent our great State of New Jersey, alongside each other. And it is not just me. I want to tell you--because I know you have been here in this Chamber nonstop for hours--but I want to tell you that people are paying attention, and they join me in thanking you in this moment. In fact, I saw a few posts I thought I would share. Stacy from Bayonne said on Facebook: I couldn't be prouder to be a life-long New Jerseyan than I am tonight. Keep it up. Get in that good trouble. Lead the way and hopefully others will follow. Janie in Princeton said: Thank you. Proud that you are my Senator and that you are bringing ``Big Jersey energy'' to DC tonight. Vicki in Ewing said: We are sending our strength to you. Medicare and Medicaid should not be touched. And someone on Reddit even said: I hope he wore the most comfortable and supportive shoes he could find. In your opening, you said something that resonated with me. You said: Our constituents are asking us to acknowledge that this is not normal, that this is a crisis. I can't tell you how important it is to internalize it. That is why we are here at this late hour in the U.S. Senate. That is why you are leading here to make the case to the American people that this is a crisis.…”