If you actually read the text, you'd know better:  The wording used by Se. Franken during the Sessions' confirmation hearing on Jan. 10 was "DURING THE CAMPAIGN":

 "...if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"

Sessions' response was:  "I did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it."

That statement is a lie.  Sessions met with the Russian ambassador in July in Cleveland (during the Republican Convention) and at his senate office in September, obviously DURING THE CAMPAIGN!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during-trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.ff84c3698c13