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As senators we don't always have enough opportunity to sit down and discuss matters face-to-face. i had some great visits. i understand and respect the conviction that you bring onto your duties. even though they may not always be in agreement, you have always been understanding and respectful of my positions and i of yours. in our meetings over the past weeks you have had the opportunity to share with me relating to the department from unprosecuted crimes on tribal lands, a matter that is greater than i had understood. to discourage human trafficking and child exploitation, to concerns about ...

Sessions, for your service in the senate but more importantly for taking on this responsibility you have been nominated for. and to thank you for your opening statement. i am glad that you were able to mention the names of a lot of your family that are with you and there is a lot of other people that we may not have their name and i would ask the staff to put in the record the names of all the other people who are accompanying you today as well if they are willing to give us that name. and it's a proud day for you. your wife, son and daughters and their families, i welcome all of you very much...

Whether this man can dispatch himself from the president and from his record and vote in full according to the laws of the united states of america. thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator feinstein. before i turn to other senators, i note the committee received a letter from former secretary of state condoleezza rice indicating she had to join introducing senator sessions. she strongly supports his nomination. it is a powerful letter and i hope my colleagues will take time to read it. i would like to have it entered in the record at this point. now to senator shelby and colli...

Who has been enormously successful. i had the privilege of writing an article about her, and also the reverend dr. amos brown who i've known for 40 years and the reverend dr. frederick hanes. they are part of the ministerial delegation here today. the senator before us this morning is someone that many of us on this committee have worked with for some 20 years. and that makes this very difficult for me. i committed to senator sessions in our private meeting and i'll say it again here, the process is going to be fair and thorough. but today we're not being asked to evaluate him as a senator. we...

Senator sessions' public service, his character, and his fidelity to the rule of law. the members of this committee have an advantage that senator specter did not. the vast majority of you have already served with senator sessions and you know him well. if this committee places its trust in him, i have every confidence that jeff sessions will execute the office of attorney general honestly, faithfully and fully in the pursuit of justice. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you ranking member feinstein and members of this committee. >> thank both of our colleagues for your powerful statement. apprec...