Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions IIIis the junior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected in 1996, Sessions is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 December 1946
CountryUnited States of America
party government years
Thirty years people have been asking for a lawful system of immigration to end this lawlessness, and government on both parties have refused to give it to them.
strong government racism
I've said many times - I told William Buckley, I said, "You warped my mind and I never recovered from it." That was a principled, lawful understanding of the role of government, the Constitution. It was not based on racism, on demagoguery, but on strong principles that - which, consistent with the American heritage and our strength for the future.
moving mean government
People of my generation knew we needed to move beyond that, the racial division and segregation and unsustainable social relations, that were unfair to millions of people. But it didn't mean that we were going to become a big government liberal.
government views debt
Those policies - more taxes, more regulation, more debt, more spending, more government - will make American worse. It just will, in my view.
government america people
You're not supposed to be admitted to America if you're likely to be a charge on the public - if you're going to need government aid to take care of yourself ... It [2006 immigration bill] failed because it did not do what it said it would do... End the illegality first. Then we can wrestle with how to treat compassionately people who have been in America for a long time.
against guilty innocent people seen testify time
I've seen it time and time again, people do not testify against innocent people, they, reluctantly, only testify against guilty people.
busy enforce existing
Are you going to get busy now to enforce existing law?
local progress require state united
Progress will require a united federal, state and local effort.
allow classical impact judge personal social views
I want a classical judge who does not allow their personal views or social views to impact their decision-making process,
committees longer work
Committees would have longer to work on them. We need to do a biennial budget.
bill execute good leave seriously talk
We should do a good enforcement bill and leave the administration to execute it, then in the meantime, talk seriously about what we want to do about the future.
bit confidence continue difficult herself key people problem reviewed role
We have a little bit of a problem now with confidence in that commission, ... For her to continue to play a key role in it when she herself really should be one of the people being reviewed is difficult for me to swallow.
happen southern speak
who happen to speak with an accent, a southern accent.
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I was uneasy about it, and I just explained my unease, ... I shared with Dan my observations, the good and the bad. I think the American people at this point in time would desire a person who is steeped in constitutional jurisprudence, particularly the people who supported President Bush.