Washington DC— Presidential candidate and sometimes Democrat Bernie Sanders called for an end to filibusters in the Senate today, delivering a 124 page speech that lasted eight hours, thirty-four minutes, and twelve seconds. The speech is the second-longest speech of the Vermont Senator’s illustrious career, falling only nineteen seconds short of his personal best: an unforgettable filibuster delivered on the floor of the senate back in 2010.

“We just shouldn’t have every sad, disheveled senator with a catheter and a colostomy bag getting up to talk for hours on end about nothing in particular in order to stop the wheels of democracy all willy-nilly. That’s madness,” said Mr. Sanders before he opened a family copy of David Copperfield and began to read aloud.

A filibuster is a political procedure where long-winded members of of legislative body debate over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal. It is sometimes referred to as “talking a bill to death,” “talking out a bill,” or “The Full Thurmond” and is characterized as a form of obstruction.

If you have eight and a half hours to spare, you can watch his 2010 speech below.