There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends in the African-….

I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights….

I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the [Donald] Trump campaign..

Some of my best friends are FBI agents..

I am totally committed to maintaining the freedom and equality America has to provide to every citizen..

Kissinger-type foreign policy is clearly, in my view, the proper tilt for us in the future, and he [Donald Trump] gets it. And some of our members, I….

I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest..

Marriage has been defined by every legislature that has ever sat in the United States from every State, now 50 States, the same way, but now we have ….

I went to law school at Alabama and I grew up a loyal Auburn fan. I'm one of the few that wrestles with those issues sometimes, but we're really prou….

When you suveil a person abroad, you don't have to have a warrant to do so. That has never been so they don't have the fourth amendment protection. O….

I understand Donald Trump's goals. That's why I supported him for president. I share his beliefs that we've got to do more about crime, more about il….

Donald Trump is saying we're going to end the lawlessness at the border and we're going to push Mexico to do better. So there's been a reaction by th….

People of my generation knew we needed to move beyond that, the racial division and segregation and unsustainable social relations, that were unfair ….

I believe that President [George W.] Bush was correct. I thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I supported him steadfastly, and once….

We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy..

I just don't think there's that many people who think it's wrong to have control on our borders. That's not racism. It's not racism to question some ….

The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the constitution than protect our nation's security..

We don't pay judges to think; we pay judges to rule on the law..

I am not the Jeff Sessions my detractors have tried to create. I am not a racist. I am not insensitive to blacks..

Good people don't smoke marijuana..

I am not stonewalling. I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice..