He spoke for 8 hrs and 44 mins on Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’. Who is Hakeem Jeffries?

He spoke, and spoke and spoke — for eight hours and 44 minutes. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries delivered a record-breaking speech in the lower house of the US Congress, protesting President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. However, his efforts couldn’t stop the passage of the legislation

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