Jeff Sessions actually said...

"We are a Nation of laws and not of men. That's a fundamental principle of this Republic."

"Well, isn't that contrary to the American heritage of law?"

"But you suggest, or I believe you state in your testimony that this bill is so vaguely worded that all rape cases could be covered by this statute, making a monumental change in Federal law."

"That's the kind of thing we get into when you have such a broad problem."