Political Quotes

“I believe he has received bad advice. I think the people at the Department of Justice who said to him, whatever you do do not answer questions directly, they were not fair to Miguel Estrada. When you consider the questions which he refused to answer, these were not unreasonable questions. My colleague and friend from Alabama, Senator Sessions, regularly asked Democratic nominees the same questions we asked of Miguel Estrada in reference to Supreme Court Justices whom he admired, in reference to Supreme Court decisions with which he agreed or disagreed. No one argued that this was out of bounds or unfair. They said Senator Sessions was entitled to ask that of judicial nominees.”