Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I do not think it is fair to say the previous administration shut down civil rights enforcement, and I reject that."

"I like your enthusiasm, I like your experience, and I like the idea that I think I hear you say, that you worked closely with your prosecutors and are involved in the cases yourself."

"Will you take action to ensure that communities who have large numbers of people on the rolls that should not be there remove those from the rolls?"

"I believe strongly in that. But I was--I guess I could be criticized for being unaware that perhaps they were making loans to some people who could not afford them."