Jeff Sessions actually said...

Fraudulent speech, if it amounts to an attempt to obtain a thing of value for the person the fraudulent speech is directed... is absolutely ...

Congress has taken an action now that makes it absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding or any other form of torture in the Unit...

I am open to hearing the views of this Congress and that Subcommittee.

If that is something that is not desired any longer, Congress should pass a law to change the rule.