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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

It is the ultimate loyalty to him, and you hope that a President, and I hope President-elect Trump has confidence in me...

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

We must face the uncomfortable reality that not only are immigrants from Muslim-majority countries coming to the United States, radicalizing, attempting to engage in acts of terrorism, but also their first-generation American children are…

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

Senator Sessions testified yesterday that he would enforce the laws whether he agreed with them or not.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

I think some of them are truly valuable in evaluating cases, but fundamentally, the criticism I think that was legitimate is that they may not have been followed.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

I believe in background check laws, and many of them are appropriate.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

I would be surprised if it is not public, and it should be available to the public.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

It is essential that this Nation support those that we send out to provide public safety and affirm their good deeds.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

It is a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the Department of Justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the State or the city.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

I remember almost all the cases had an interstate commerce nexus. It was not the theft of an automobile that you prosecuted.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

Well, there are reasonable arguments to be made for that.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

The first and foremost goal, I think, of law enforcement would be to identify persons who are dangerous, who have a tendency or have been proven to be lawbreakers and been convicted.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

His leadership on this matter and his leadership on the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest has been key to forestalling an even deeper downward trajectory for Black workers in this country.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

agencies oftentimes see themselves as independent fiefdoms.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

I do not believe that the statute can be disregarded, and it should be followed.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

His most profound and important impact is on preserving and protecting the rights of American workers, particularly Black workers.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 9, 2017

Corporations are subject as an entity to fines and punishment for violating the law, and so are the corporate officers.

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