Orrin Hatch: “I take umbrage with what the minority leader said. I sat here and listened to the distinguished Senator from…”

“I take umbrage with what the minority leader said. I sat here and listened to the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, who went on and on and on. Many of her remarks were criticizing a fellow colleague in the Senate. I don't know about the other side, but I find it offensive for either side to be criticizing, as was done here tonight, a sitting Member of the Senate. I am absolutely astounded that the Democrats, my friends on the other side, have taken to the war tables a desire to defeat Jeff Sessions. I have been here a long time, and I have to say that I knew Jeff Sessions even before he came here, and I have known him since he has been here. And, yes, I differ with him on a number of issues, but I would never say things about him as have been said by my colleagues on the other side. I think that we all ought to take some stock in what we are doing here. Jeff Sessions is a very fine person. Think of his wife. She is a really fine person. Jeff has been here 20 years. He has interchanged with almost all of us. Sometimes you agree with him, and sometimes you disagree with him, but he has always been a gentleman. He has always been kind and considerate of his colleagues. I can't name one time when he wasn't. Yet we are treating him like he is some terrible person who doesn't deserve to be chosen by the current President of the United States to be Attorney General of the United States. I think we ought to be ashamed of ourselves--I really do--on both sides.…”