Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I believe this bill would make that more difficult."

"I think it does amount to a redefinition of marriage, contrary to what the Congress has explicitly stated."

"By creating a new and a legally tenuous, I suggest, definition of 'permanent partnership,' we would be expanding the avenue for fraud and abuse."

"I think the clarity of the preference, the benefit--the clarity of the benefit provided to a traditional marriage relationship provides some help in keeping integrity in the system and its being abuse..."