Pete Sessions: “Criminal law of the United States. And I can see, therefore, why the Ethics Committee would suggest it was unprecedented…”

“Criminal law of the United States. And I can see, therefore, why the Ethics Committee would suggest it was unprecedented that the U.S. Congress would pass a law to exempt someone from the criminal law of the United States. I hope that is unprecedented. And my complaint, I say to the chairman, just simply is this--to say that I understand what the Senators have been trying to do. I understand their good intent. But I think we are confusing ourselves with the law of the United States. This is a very bad thing. It is a very bad policy. It should not happen. And we need to vote on it. I appreciate the chairman yielding.”