Jeff Sessions

We do not need to subject prisoners to any more punishment than the law requires.

I believe that it is important for the American people to know that when an individual is sentenced to prison they are not subjected to cruel and inhuman punishment under the Constitution at a minimum.

I do not think there is any doubt that it has improved the situation.

I think Senator Kyl was a strong advocate for that.

We cannot forget victims' rights.

It seems to me that we should examine the successes and if they cannot be replicated throughout the border.

Like you, I believe that Streamline was very effective. And it was really a surprise that it has been undermined significantly.

We need to be accurate in what we say.

OLC does represent a key position in the Department of Justice.

Agencies oftentimes see themselves as independent fiefdoms.

The Department of Justice should defend laws that Congress passed unless they are unable to do so in a reasonable way.

The Solicitor General... has a duty, the Department of Justice does, to defend the laws passed by this body, by Congress.

Well, it can fail to enforce it by setting prosecutorial policies with regard to declining to prosecute whole chunks of cases and, in effect, eliminate a statute.

I would urge all of you to be sure that when we pass a law or you pass a law, if I am confirmed, that that law is clear and sets limits.

This Congress has regularly underreached and invited executive overreach.

There is a feeling that judges just vote when they get a big case before them on what their political agenda is.

I think every day that we get away from that is really dangerous.

It has to be the people's interest first, and I do think too often Congress has been complacent in supporting legislation that might make businesses happy.

I do think that if you bring in a larger flow of labor than we have jobs for, it does impact adversely the wage prospects and the job prospects of American citizens.

Well, immigration has been a high priority for the United States.

I have no reason to doubt that and have no evidence that would indicate otherwise.

It is intrusive, the Supreme Court on more than one occasion has described it legally as an intrusive act.

I have publicly said I think voter ID laws properly drafted are okay.

There was a clear finding that there were discriminatory activities in the South, that a number of States were systematically denying individuals the right to vote.

The Voting Rights Act passed in 1965 was one of the most important Acts to deal with racial difficulties that we face.