You throw out all these platitudes about how to make the earth a better place. We're not talking about discourse between two individuals, Steve. This was a Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing. The sole purpose of which is to get the information necessary for their investigation. It is not for him to speak his piece. They are given limited time constraints and wasting that time is a very useful tactic to a witness attempting to obstruct or avoid. 

There was a very important issue at hand that Sessions was dodging. They, the SIC, had the day before gone through issues with Rogers and Coates assuming executive privilege without actually invoking it, in other words not answering questions even though there was NO LEGAL BASIS. Sessions was attempting the same and they were clearly eager to not let him get away with it. For this he could be held in contempt of Congress. I don't know about you, but a hard line of questioning is the preferable choice in my opinion.