Jeff Sessions

But, not exceedingly expensive, to achieve that.

It would seem to me, as a matter of national policy, we should favor natural gas, because, in many ways, it's cleaner to produce, and secondly, it's almost all American.

It seems to me that this is a dramatic development. The increase in supply of natural gas is just stunning, and a great development.

If you can pay some of it, you can and should. If you cannot, you do not have to.

I think that is a legitimate process. I believe that is a moral approach that is consistent with our heritage and will eliminate--has eliminated some abuses.

I do not agree with the idea that the bankruptcy legislation that got 83, I believe, votes in the Senate, people like Senator Hillary Clinton, who originally opposed it, studied it and voted for it, because they concluded it was a fair…

We passed it in the Senate and it did not survive conference, which is breathtaking to me that an individual can move to Florida or Texas or maybe Kansas and buy--they know they are going into financial difficulty.

About 80 percent of the people are median income or below that file bankruptcy.

There is no doubt that overwhelmingly, the people that file for bankruptcy are entitled to it legally and probably benefit from it.

I have always thought that this was bizarre, that a person would be able to keep a multimillion dollar home and not pay their doctor or anybody else that they owed money to.

It is not weeks at a time. It is you file the matter and if you have got the information, you provide it to your lawyer. I am under the impression it can be done within an hour.

Well, sometimes--let me just say this about credit counseling.

I am just reluctant to conclude the current system that allows median income and below to file Chapter 7, as they always have, is unfair.

It overall is a good thing.

But it does sound to me that Ms. Burns meets the very reason we have bankruptcy procedures and I certainly do not denigrate the difficult situation she went through.

The reason that was passed is because a lot of people are on the margin between whether they should file bankruptcy or not.

Bankruptcy is referenced in the Constitution and it is one of the great things that I think our legal system provides.

I stated in the core of the bankruptcy legislation that if you make below median income, you can wipe out all your debts.

I think it's fair to say that it is not a good argument to contend that a cap-and-trade program will increase employment.

Oh, what a tangled web we create when we first begin to regulate.

I think our focus should be to move our wealth to areas that create clean energy, and not regulators.

I think we are participating in something in which our conceit is such that we think we can manage the climate.

I do have something. I'm not sure I'll get back, but I have read almost all of your statements and it is something that I am going to try to internalize as we go forward with this debate and make sure that we don't cross the line in…

Well, Mr. Gerson, you know, we've got a growing unemployment rate that may hit 10 percent.

I think it undermined--it sent a message that made people believe if they could succeed in entering our country illegally, 1 day we're going to--we don't care really, and sooner or later we'll just make you legal.