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Jeff Sessions

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Jeff Sessions is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 84th Attorney General of the United States from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was previously a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 2007 to 2017. During his tenure in the Senate, Sessions was known for his strong stance on immigration and law enforcement issues, advocating for stricter immigration policies and supporting various measures to combat drug trafficking and crime. He also served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama from 2001 to 2002.

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Dec 5, 2011

Oral arguments often give very little insight into how that opinion would come out, and sometimes judges change their minds from the oral argument date to the time they write an opinion.

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Dec 5, 2011

Madam Chair, could I offer a letter from former Senator Bob Kerrey in opposition to the legislation?

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Nov 14, 2011

I believe the Constitution, if you respect it, you enforce it as written.

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Nov 14, 2011

I just am not confident that they are capable of fulfilling that role.

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Nov 14, 2011

the greatest likelihood of apprehending serious criminals, people who actually commit crimes and murders, based on my 15-plus years of prosecuting

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Nov 14, 2011

one of the greatest advancements in criminal justice is the ability to arrest someone in New York who was convicted of a felony in Alabama

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Nov 14, 2011

Would you bring to bear your experience and best judgment?

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Oct 18, 2011

I am very concerned about the morale of our ICE officers.

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Oct 18, 2011

What I am hearing is that while claiming to arrest more criminal aliens, internal ICE documents show that DHS leadership has ordered field officers not to arrest fugitives and re-entries.

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Oct 18, 2011

It is a criminal offense to enter the United States illegally. It is not a civil matter.

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Oct 18, 2011

I am confident--I think the officers feel like you have spent more time talking with the activist groups than the officers themselves and drafting guidelines that help them do their job.

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Oct 12, 2011

We disagree on some things here, but the Chairman is sincerely committed to making us a healthy and more viable place, and I am, too.

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Oct 12, 2011

Solyndra, $530 million, we are not going to have any more jobs there, it looks like, filed for bankruptcy.

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Oct 12, 2011

I believe we can do better, and I thank you for raising that issue.

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Oct 12, 2011

Spain has acknowledged their error and have backed away from much of what they have been doing.

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Oct 12, 2011

We have had an world experiment in Spain. They have been one of the most ambitious countries in the world in trying to create jobs by creating a green energy program.

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Oct 12, 2011

Spain spent over 500,000 euros, $680,000 dollars to create each green job.

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Oct 4, 2011

We have the greatest legal system in the history of the world.

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Oct 4, 2011

The greatest threat to the Court, in my opinion, is if the American people believe that judges are consistently redefining the meaning of words to advance their agenda.

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Oct 4, 2011

If it goes beyond that, in my view the judge should not be confirmed.

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Oct 4, 2011

I do think we have a range in which if you believe they are too flexible about interpreting the Constitution, then I would conclude they are not faithful to the Constitution and, therefore, I could not support them.

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Oct 4, 2011

Any judge that says the U.S. Constitution calls for the elimination of the death penalty really should not be on the bench.

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Oct 3, 2011

I believe this will be a healthy hearing, and will deal with the tension of a desire to utilize local people...

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Oct 3, 2011

Discrete, special acreages or areas are often the biggest polluting sources.

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