"There is so much heartbreak in this country now."
"These are not normal times in our nation."
"And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate."
"This is a moral moment. It’s not left or right; it’s right or wrong. Let's get in good trouble."
"I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis."
"More Americans need to stand up and say enough is enough."
"Unnecessary hardships are being borne by Americans of all backgrounds, and institutions which are special in America... are being recklessly... affected."
"Let’s be bolder in America, with a vision that inspires with hope."
"It is maddening in this country to create greater and greater health care crisis and for us not to solve it but to battle back and forth between trying to make incremental changes or to tear it all do..."
"I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able."