"This hearing must determine whether this Senator will enforce the laws that he voted against."
"Today we are not being asked to evaluate him as a Senator. We are being asked to evaluate him for the Attorney General of the United States--the chief law enforcement for the largest and best democrac..."
"As Attorney General of the United States, his solemn duties, as we all know and expect, are to the Constitution and to enforce the laws duly enacted."
"As Attorney General, his job will not be to advocate for his beliefs. Rather, the job of Attorney General is to enforce Federal law, even if he voted against a law, even if he spoke against it before ..."
"these are Americans that we are talking about that can be picked up and detained and held without benefit of trial, indefinitely, and that should not be the case."
"Just to begin, I would like to ask unanimous consent that all statements and written testimony sent to the Committee concerning Senator Sessions be made part of the record."
"I am concerned about your views on a number of these issues, as we discussed when we met last week."
"the Constitution also protects a woman's right to have access to health care and determine whether to terminate her pregnancy."
"I would like to begin with the second-largest criminal industry in this country, which is now, believe it or not, by revenues produced, human sex trafficking."
"I quoted him directly from the floor that the Hyde amendment would not prevent the distribution of these funds."
"I hope today's questions are probing and the answers are fulsome."