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Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015:

"I cannot support a budget that does so little to cut spending or address the drivers of our debt. While this bill moves defense spending in the right direction, it's not enough to adequately protect and defend us from the threats we face-particularly during its second year. This agreement also hurts Arkansas farmers, seniors on social security, and young people just starting out who will shoulder the burden of the federal government's $18 trillion and growing national debt. And this deal suspends the debt ceiling, with no limit, until March 2017-without any reforms.

"Arkansans are tired of the ‘spend now, fix later' mentality that's become so common in Washington. They're ready for a different approach. Rest assured, I will keep working to restrain spending and to find long-term solutions for Arkansans."