Jeff Sessions actually said...

"Those debts are burdens this economy is going to have to carry, and we should keep this thing as lean and as productive as absolutely possible."

"There is no free lunch. Debts have to be repaid."

"it only makes sense that if a utility... invests billions of dollars to build a nuclear plant... they ought to get some credit for that."

"I can't fathom why they seem so obsessed to ram through this flawed bill that the American people overwhelmingly reject."