Jeff Sessions actually said...

"The Solicitor General... has a duty, the Department of Justice does, to defend the laws passed by this body, by Congress."

"I think we are fortunate on the Judiciary Committee to also have, in addition to our other colleagues, Senator Feinstein, who has until recently served as the Ranking Member on the Senate Intelligence..."

"I just would like your verbal commitment here to continue to do what you have always done, and that is, put the safety and security of the American people first."

"Well, it can fail to enforce it by setting prosecutorial policies with regard to declining to prosecute whole chunks of cases and, in effect, eliminate a statute."