Chris Coons actually said...

"Thank you for your service to date to the people of the United States, and thank you for the task you are about to take on."

"It is my hope you will continue in that tradition."

"In my view, in the last administration, legal opinions were improperly used to facilitate acts of what is now broadly understood to be torture."

"I take this confirmation seriously as a result, and I appreciate how seriously you have taken it and the answers you have given so far."