Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I think the kind of experience you bring to the bench is valuable and it should stand you in good stead."

"You know, we want to be fair to you and we're going to do that."

"The guidelines are a first reference point. They are not binding, however..."

"I do worry that if we draw our numbers too low, a lot of nations might well consider that they could, with a little investment and a period of years, be a peer-competitor of us with nuclear weapons."