Jeff Sessions actually said...

"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."

"Yes, I do believe that I have conducted myself according to principles that I think are valid and try to be consistent and honest in my evaluation."

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

"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."