We tried to provide more protection for U.S. workers.

I do not favor personally this kind of work. I think it should be more productive work.

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.

I want to thank President-elect Donald Trump for the confidence and trust he has shown in me by nominating me to serve as the Attorney General of the United States.

I think it is designed for that purpose. It fits that purpose marvelously well.

I think we should avoid surveillance of religious institutions unless there is a basis to believe that dangerous or threatening illegal activity could be carried on there.

The President is subject to certain lawful restrictions, and they would be required to be applied by the appropriate law enforcement official when appropriate, yes.

The Department of Justice has final settlement authority in any case against the United States.

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

No one has been more committed or engaged than Senator Jeff Sessions in protecting and enhancing the prospects of Black workers in America.

Let Congress pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill.

The legal profession is better for his service, this body is better for his service, and this country, at the end of his term, will be better for his service.

Senator Sessions has worked across the aisle to lead important legislative reforms.

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.

They deserve the same protection that any entity--business or otherwise--is entitled to, when people violate the law and carry out improper threats or blockades of their business.

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

I understand the demands for justice and fairness made by our LGBT community.

Well, I would have to make a legal decision on that. I am not able to do so today.

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.

More needs to be done. We need to join closer hands.

I know of no policy that would suggest that something like that would be done, and I would not push for it.

I do not support the idea that Muslims as a religious group should be denied admission to the United States.

I do not believe we need a registration program for U.S. citizens who happen to be Muslim.

That is a pernicious and dangerous shift in the general attitude toward our police and it is totally without foundation.

I salute you for it.