Thread by @RepDonBeyer

Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than the entirety of the Beatles landmark 1965 album "Help!"

Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than entirety of Pink Floyd's 1973 classic The Dark Side Of The Moon

Bob Dylan's 1975 masterpiece Blood on the Tracks has a running time of 52 minutes. Kevin McCarthy's speech just passed it in length

Some of you are pointing out that Kevin McCarthy's speech is NOT longer than Red (Taylor’s Version) yet, and you're right. But at over an hour now, it IS longer than Fearless.

Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than The Who's double album rock opera Tommy

It's a deeper cut but for those who like Yes, this Kevin McCarthy speech is now longer than Tales From Topographic Oceans

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/421337219463667712

Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than Stevie Wonder's 1976 epic double album Songs In The Key Of Life

For the Stones fans out there, Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main St. put together

Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than Red (Taylor's Version)

https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/1461524692632850437

If Kevin McCarthy had decided to listen to Prince instead of giving this speech, he could have listened to Purple Rain and 1999, with plenty of time to grab a snack and a drink in between.

David, you could put on George Harrison's 1970 triple album masterpiece All Things Must Pass, listen to it all the way through, and then listen to George's underrated follow-up Living In The Material World, and this speech would still be longer.

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1461543438084620288

Everyone, I'm sorry, the music comparisons are getting pretty tough at this point. In fact, Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than The Godfather (1972).

At 195 minutes, Kevin McCarthy's speech is longer than The Right Stuff, a 1983 film that tells the story of the Mercury Seven, the beginnings of NASA, and the early years of the Space Race. A pretty good movie.

At 230 minutes, Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than David Lean's sweeping 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia

At over 252 minutes, Kevin McCarthy's speech is now longer than the Extended Editions of all three films in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Ok one more musical one for those of you who are still up, at 306 minutes, this pack of rambling lies that we'll charitably call a "speech" is now longer than Neil Young's entire solo studio discography from the 1970's, After The Gold Rush through Rust Never Sleeps.

Thanks for following, hope you all enjoyed this. In the end McCarthy's speech was longer than David Bowie's entire 1970's studio output, and longer than every REM studio album with the band's original lineup put together. He did NOT stop us from passing the Build Back Better Act!