"We can never go back. I am totally committed to maintaining the freedom and equality that this country has to provide to every citizen."
"Senator Sessions, 7 years ago you and I co-sponsored a bill known as the Fair Sentencing Act."
"You and I both recognized the brutal injustice of a 100-to-1, and we agreed on 18-to-1."
"I believe the American people spoke clearly in this election."
"It would strike me that this is an obvious case for a special prosecutor if it involves a campaign leading to a candidate who selected you as the Attorney General."
"I hope, after the heated language of this last election campaign, that we can come back to some of the standards that have guided this Nation since World War II."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"I think there is a growing concern of a question that you have addressed yourself to him and I asked you to speak to again about his role if he becomes Attorney General, vis-a-vis the White House, the..."
"Senator Sessions has called for Attorneys General to recuse themselves rather than participate in investigations with political ramifications."
"The Voting Rights Act is regarded as the crown jewel of civil rights statutes."
"We have seen nothing less than a Machiavellian frenzy of voter disenfranchisement."
"the Department of Justice is in a perilous place. It needs strong leadership. It needs resources."