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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday pushed back on the comments made by House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries as he touted the bill that will fund much of President Trump's agenda.

"In just a few moments, we will remind the world why the American experiment still endures today and why its best days are still ahead of us," he said. "Mr. Speaker with one big, beautiful bill, we are going to make this country stronger, safer and more prosperous than ever before, and every American is going to benefit from that."

The headline today will be the one, big beautiful bill passes the Congress. OK?" Johnson said.

Johnson claimed working Americans have "stopped trusting" Democrats and are instead looking to the Republican Party to provide relief.

"This big, beautiful bill fulfills all the promises in the America First agenda," he said. "It is the people's bill, it is made for and shaped by the most diverse coalition of American voters in American history."

Rep. Jason Smith, a Missouri Republican, stood to speak after House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

"What we just heard can be defined in one word: a bunch of hogwash," Smith said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is now speaking, saying he will be briefer than his Democratic colleague.

"Ronald Reagan said one time that no speech should be longer than 20 minutes. And unlike the Democrat leader, I'm going to honor my colleagues time and be a little more brief than that," Johnson said.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries ended his record-breaking speech by quoting John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr.

"Dr King said that if you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl, but at all times, press on and keep pressing," he said. "And so as I take my seat, I just want to say to the American people that no matter what the outcome is, on this singular day, we're gonna press on."

"We're going to press on for our children, press on for our seniors, press on for our veterans. Press on for our unions. Press on for our farmers. Press on for our dreamers. Press on for working class Americans. Press on for the middle class. Press on for all who aspire to be part of the middle class. Press on for the poor. Press on for the sick. Press on for the afflicted. Press on for the least. Press on for the lost. Press on for the left behind. Press on for the rule of law. Press on for the American way of life. Press on for democracy. We're going to press on until victory is won," he concluded.

House Democrats, in every example, repeated back to Jeffries: "Press on."

After he finished, Democrats gave Jeffries a loud standing ovation and chanted his name.

At 1:26 p.m. on Thursday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for the longest House floor remarks in U.S. history, surpassing the previous mark that was set by Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy in 2021.

"We don't work for President Trump. We don't work for JD Vance. We don't work for Elon Musk. Mr. Speaker, as all of us prepare to cast this vote, I hope my Republican colleagues will come to the conclusion that we work for the American people," Jeffries said as he drew close to the record.

House Democrats surrounded him as he spoke, standing and clapping and shaking their heads in agreement as he slammed the bill's impact on health care and food assistance programs.

"Shame on this institution if this bill passes. That's not America, we're better than this. We are better, we are better," Jeffries said.