Stand expands on the senator’s famous 25-hour speech, and is available to preorder now
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Cory Booker is turning his record-setting Senate speech into a book. The New Jersey senator, who spoke for just over 25 hours on March 31 into April 1, railed against the Trump administration’s threats to Social Security, Medicare, and Trump’s attacks on the judiciary in a speech that set a record for the longest Senate floor speech in history.
The book, titled Stand, was announced on May 28 by The St. Martin’s Publishing Group. It will be published on Nov. 11, 2025, and is available for preorder now. According to the publisher’s notes, the book “expands on” Booker’s speech and “offers a compelling vision for the future to readers who are eager to make a difference.”
Notably, Booker’s speech surpassed a record previously set by Strom Thurmond, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for just over 24 hours. However, Booker’s speech was not a filibuster because it was not intended to stop a specific piece of legislation. Instead, Booker spoke broadly against the Trump administration’s policies.
Booker addressed the decision not to target a specific bill in an interview with Rolling Stone in May. “In the modern Senate, it’s very hard to even get control of the floor. I said to my team, ‘How did Ted Cruz get control of the floor? How did Rand Paul? Figure out how they got control.’ The person in the cloakroom told me, very annoyingly, ‘We let [Rand Paul take the floor] because he promised it was only going to be a couple minutes — and he lied through his teeth.… Are you willing to lie to [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune?’ I said, ‘That’s not the way I roll. I’m not going to lie, so let’s just let them know that I’m going to take control of the floor and hold it for as long as I possibly can.’”
