Jeff Sessions

I do believe that the law has been passed by Congress. I am interested to see how it plays out in the real world.

A number of people opposed some of the provisions in that bill, not the entire bill.

I did indeed support the bill in 2000 and in----

Senator Sessions has demonstrated a commitment to the rule of law and to the evenhanded administration of justice.

It would be a very high priority of mine.

Religious freedom is our great heritage in America. We respect people's religion.

Absolutely. I supported it in 2000 when it passed. I supported it in 2005 when both of those bills I supported became law.

One of the biggest bottlenecks... is the bottleneck of the scientific analysis.

It presents tremendous opportunities to solve crimes in an effective way and can produce justice.

Rapid DNA analysis is a hugely important issue for the whole American criminal justice system.

I would be pleased to work with you on that. And I do not have firm and fast opinions on the subject.

Those laws are clear and they are being prosecuted today and should continue to be effectively and vigorously prosecuted in the cases that are appropriate.

I have not said that the woman's right to choose or that Roe v. Wade and its progeny is not the law of the land.

The Supreme Court has ruled on that. The dissenters dissented vigorously, but it was 5-4.

It is. I believe it violated the Constitution and really attempted to set policy and not follow law.

I appreciate the fact that our country has been talking and, I believe, taking action for a number of years to deal with sex trafficking more effectively.

I salute you for it.

This Committee and the Congress funds the various departments of the executive branch, and you have every right before you fund our agencies and departments to get responsive answers to questions that are proper.

This country does not punish its political enemies, but this country ensures that no one is above the law.

This cannot be handled in any way that would suggest anything other than absolute objectivity.

I believe the proper thing for me to do would be to recuse myself from any questions involving those kinds of investigations that involve Secretary Clinton.

I do not have any hesitation or any lack of ability to separate the roles that I have had.

The ultimate responsibility of the Attorney General in the Department of Justice is to execute the laws passed by this Congress and to follow the Constitution in that process and carry its principles out.

I do believe that if an Attorney General is asked to do something that is plainly unlawful, he cannot participate in that.

You simply have to help the President do things that he might desire in a lawful way and have to be able to say 'no' both for the country, for the legal system, and for the President to avoid situations that are not acceptable.