Jeff Sessions

I just feel like that was a very unwise thing, I mean, how that went along.

The Senate voted 95-2, Chairman Leahy and all the members of our Committee voted to deplore President Clinton's pardon.

Senator Specter felt the pressures, he felt the development of the investigations... and felt that there was political efforts to block that.

I think that is a danger and a weakness that could leave us more vulnerable than we need to be in the future.

It is unthinkable that prisoners of war, particularly those who do not comply with the rules of warfare and violate the Geneva Conventions, would be given the same rights as an American citizen accused of a crime.

The FBI Director, Mr. Freeh, opposed it, and he had labeled FALN one of the three greatest domestic terrorist threats to the United States in 1998.

It strikes me that after all of that flap over the FALN pardon that the Deputy Attorney General... should have been even more resistant to the Marc Rich pardon.

I wish you all success, and if you are fortunate to be confirmed, I know that you will commit yourself to making sure our military men and women have the best value systems that can help them be successful as they serve America, often in…

Do you believe that under normal circumstances the best value for the warfighter is what we should be seeking?

I congratulate all of you on your nominations. I think the Senate will do its duty and you'll move right along.

I think we have a right to ask for that. Don't you?

We do need to listen to their advice about how to be successful.

I know sending more troops to Afghanistan is a bitter pill to me, but I do think that Senator McCain, Senator Lieberman, and others have made the case in Iraq at a very difficult time that we needed to strengthen our presence and if we did…

Senator Lieberman's legislation authorized, up to 30,000.

Recognizing the potential costs to shut down and restart the GBI production line to produce the additional missiles, beyond the 44 that will be required, when does the administration plan to make a decision regarding the GBI production…

Do you intend to apply the best value principle to your supervision of the bid process for the number one Air Force priority, the replacement of the aging tanker fleet?

I believe strongly that best value is a fundamental principle of any good acquisition system.

I congratulate President Obama on your nominations. From what I have seen in my opportunity to meet with each of you, I believe you bring to the government the kind of experience and good judgment that we need.

That is just a dangerous thing and I hope that you will recognize, as you and I talked earlier, that each President does have a responsibility during his watch to not only pay the salaries of our personnel, but also to provide for the…

Our preliminary analysis of the budget that the President has submitted would indicate that he will be taking the defense expenditure from over 4 percent, almost 4.5 percent of gross domestic product, to 3 percent of gross domestic product.

I believe that had a big impact in our economic slowdown. It is hurting people throughout this country.

I was a bit troubled that you quoted Carter's decision. I think that was one of the more colossal disasters in the last 30 years in energy.

These delays tend to be a depressant on going forward with nuclear power in general, and so we, I think, need to make a decision pretty quickly about whether we would want to support current technology or wait on some new technology.

Do you agree with Senator Gregg--I think you do--that the purpose of the stimulus is to improve the economy as quickly as possible?

It is remarkable, as Senator Gregg indicated, the excitement that is out there about the possibility of a big spending pot, and everybody wants a part of it.