Jeff Sessions quick facts from wikipedia for those that care
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-Sessions' office investigated the 1981 killing of Michael Donald, a young African-American man who was murdered in Mobile, Alabama by a pair of Ku Klux Klan members.[11][12] Session's office did not prosecute the case, but both men were arrested and convicted.
-In 1986, Reagan nominated Sessions to be a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. His nomination was opposed by the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and People for the American Way.
-At Sessions' confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four Department of Justice lawyers who had worked with Sessions testified that he made racially offensive remarks. Sessions had referred to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as "un-American" and "Communist-inspired" because they "forced civil rights down the throats of people"
-Hebert, a civil rights lawyer, said that he did not consider Sessions a racist, and that Sessions "has a tendency sometimes to just say something, and I believe these comments were along that vein.
-Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot". Sessions later said that the comment was not serious, but did apologize for it. Barry Kowalski, a prosecutor in the civil rights division, also heard the remark and testified that he considered it a joke.
-Sessions was asked in an interview about his civil rights record as a U.S Attorney. He denied that he had not sufficiently pursued civil rights cases, saying that "when I was [a U.S. Attorney], I signed 10 pleadings attacking segregation or the remnants of segregation, where we as part of the Department of Justice, we sought desegregation remedies"
-Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot". Sessions said during testimony that he considered the Klan to be "a force for hatred and bigotry." In regards to the marijuana quote, Sessions said the comment was a joke but apologized.
-In response to a question from Joe Biden on whether he had called the NAACP and other civil rights organizations "un-American", Sessions replied "I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it."
Immigration
-Sessions has been the leading congressional opponent of illegal immigration and proponent of reducing legal immigration. “Fundamentally, almost no one coming from the Dominican Republic to the United States is coming because they have a skill that would benefit us and that would indicate their likely success in our society.”
Military Policy
-Sessions was one of only three senators to vote against additional funding for the VA medical system.
Crime & Security
-On October 5, 2005, Sessions was one of nine Senators who voted against a Senate amendment to a House bill that prohibited cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment of individuals in the custody or under the physical control of the United States Government.
Economic Issues
-Sessions voted for the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, and said he would vote to make them permanent if given the chance. In 2006, Sessions received the "Guardian of Small Business” award. Sessions was one of 25 senators to vote against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the bank bailout).
Social Issues
-As Attorney General of Alabama, Sessions worked to deny funding to student Gay-Straight Alliances at The University of Alabama[67], Auburn University and The University of South Alabama, stating "an organization that professes to be comprised of homosexuals and/or lesbians may not receive state funding or use state-supported facilities to foster or promote those illegal, sexually deviate activities defined in the sodomy and sexual misconduct laws."
-Sessions has been an opponent of same-sex marriage and has earned a zero rating from the Human Rights Campaign, the United States' largest LGBTQ advocacy group.[70] He voted against the Matthew Shepard Act, which added acts of bias-motivated violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity to federal hate-crimes law
-Sessions is against legalizing cannabis for either recreational or medicinal use
-Sessions is pro-life and was one of 37 Senators to vote against funding for embryonic stem cell research
Energy/Environment
-Sessions is skeptical of the scientific consensus on climate change.[84] He has voted in favor of legislation that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases
Legislation
-In 1999, Sessions cosponsored the bill to award Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal.
-On December 11, 2013, Sessions cosponsored the Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 1799; 113th Congress), a bill that would reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 and would authorize funding through 2018 to help child abuse victims
-In 1986, Reagan nominated Sessions to be a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. His nomination was opposed by the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and People for the American Way.
-At Sessions' confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four Department of Justice lawyers who had worked with Sessions testified that he made racially offensive remarks. Sessions had referred to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as "un-American" and "Communist-inspired" because they "forced civil rights down the throats of people"
-Hebert, a civil rights lawyer, said that he did not consider Sessions a racist, and that Sessions "has a tendency sometimes to just say something, and I believe these comments were along that vein.
-Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot". Sessions later said that the comment was not serious, but did apologize for it. Barry Kowalski, a prosecutor in the civil rights division, also heard the remark and testified that he considered it a joke.
-Sessions was asked in an interview about his civil rights record as a U.S Attorney. He denied that he had not sufficiently pursued civil rights cases, saying that "when I was [a U.S. Attorney], I signed 10 pleadings attacking segregation or the remnants of segregation, where we as part of the Department of Justice, we sought desegregation remedies"
-Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot". Sessions said during testimony that he considered the Klan to be "a force for hatred and bigotry." In regards to the marijuana quote, Sessions said the comment was a joke but apologized.
-In response to a question from Joe Biden on whether he had called the NAACP and other civil rights organizations "un-American", Sessions replied "I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it."
Immigration
-Sessions has been the leading congressional opponent of illegal immigration and proponent of reducing legal immigration. “Fundamentally, almost no one coming from the Dominican Republic to the United States is coming because they have a skill that would benefit us and that would indicate their likely success in our society.”
Military Policy
-Sessions was one of only three senators to vote against additional funding for the VA medical system.
Crime & Security
-On October 5, 2005, Sessions was one of nine Senators who voted against a Senate amendment to a House bill that prohibited cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment of individuals in the custody or under the physical control of the United States Government.
Economic Issues
-Sessions voted for the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, and said he would vote to make them permanent if given the chance. In 2006, Sessions received the "Guardian of Small Business” award. Sessions was one of 25 senators to vote against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the bank bailout).
Social Issues
-As Attorney General of Alabama, Sessions worked to deny funding to student Gay-Straight Alliances at The University of Alabama[67], Auburn University and The University of South Alabama, stating "an organization that professes to be comprised of homosexuals and/or lesbians may not receive state funding or use state-supported facilities to foster or promote those illegal, sexually deviate activities defined in the sodomy and sexual misconduct laws."
-Sessions has been an opponent of same-sex marriage and has earned a zero rating from the Human Rights Campaign, the United States' largest LGBTQ advocacy group.[70] He voted against the Matthew Shepard Act, which added acts of bias-motivated violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity to federal hate-crimes law
-Sessions is against legalizing cannabis for either recreational or medicinal use
-Sessions is pro-life and was one of 37 Senators to vote against funding for embryonic stem cell research
Energy/Environment
-Sessions is skeptical of the scientific consensus on climate change.[84] He has voted in favor of legislation that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases
Legislation
-In 1999, Sessions cosponsored the bill to award Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal.
-On December 11, 2013, Sessions cosponsored the Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 1799; 113th Congress), a bill that would reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 and would authorize funding through 2018 to help child abuse victims
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