if you take that position, you are not portrayed as being wrong on the Tribal issue; you are portrayed as being against a bill that would protect women from violence

I commit to you I will do that.

I do, too, Senator Hatch. Some people--I do not think it would be hard for me to be impartial and to enforce laws that I did not vote for.

Jeff Sessions will enforce and follow the laws of the United States evenhandedly, equally, and with justice for all.

Donald Trump has also said that he believes criminal aliens obviously should be the top priority.

I salute you for it.

We need to guard against the kind of public statements that have troubled me in recent months and years.

These were good people who asked me to get involved in this case.

The Obama administration has failed to protect American workers here.

the Voting Rights Act was absolutely essential to reverse the problem that we had in the South of systemic voter suppression

I do think the FBI, particularly maybe the Bureau of Indian Affairs investigators, should be beefed up, and the U.S. Attorneys need to do probably a better job of prosecuting cases that need to be prosecuted in Federal court.

I would agree with that. As you formulated, I believe it would be wrong to further some other separate, discrete agenda that is not reasonably connected to the merger itself.

The Department of Justice has final settlement authority in any case against the United States.

I do not think there is any doubt that it has improved the situation.

Jeff Sessions is a person of integrity, a principled leader, and a dedicated public servant.

We did not give Miranda warnings to German and Japanese prisoners we captured.

These are not the actions of an individual who is motivated by racial animus.

As I said, I supported the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act with Section 5 in it. When the Supreme Court said it was no longer necessary that Section 5 be in it, I did not support the language that you and Senator Leahy offered…