Jeff Sessions actually said...

"Excessive, non-productive spending and the consequently high and growing national debt hurt the pace of economic activity."

"We all agree that public policies need to support strong economic growth that benefits all Americans--middle-class Americans, working Americans--whose incomes have not kept up, whose unemployment rate..."

"I think then we would have to have a choice about whether we should then lower rates, which would be my personal choice, but more importantly, to lower spending."

"I would suggest that this gives further credence to the argument that we have a difficult--we are not going to get very far, getting our way out of the unsustainable debt course by raising taxes."