Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday vowed that his department would not be driven by politics, and that he is striving to give people the confidence that it is driven by the rule of law, and not servitude to one political party or another.

“We will not be infected by politics or bias,” Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee. “We will make only decisions we believe are right and just. And we’re not going to use the department to unlawfully advance a political agenda.”