He finished his filibuster by talking at length about one of the young boys who died there. Murphy spent much of the time speaking about the shooting at Newtown, Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. Murphy, 42, began speaking at 11:21 a.m., and was showing few signs of fatigue when the filibuster ended. "I hope you'll understand some day why we're doing this," Murphy said, addressing his oldest son from the floor. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Cory Booker of New Jersey stayed with Murphy on the floor for most of the debate.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 16, 2016 07:18 UTC