Arlen Specter: “But the court decides all the cutting-edge questions of the day. The Senate is televised, the House is televised.”

I have every confidence that Jeff Sessions will execute the office of Attorney General honestly, faithfully, and fully in the pursuit of justice.

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'

Senator Specter cited just one. It was his vote against confirming Jeff Sessions as a Federal judge.