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  • I recently returned from a trip to El Salvador, where I met President Nayib Bukele and saw first-hand the effects of his remarkable transformation of that country from the most dangerous nation in our hemisphere to one of the safest.  As we drove around San Salvador, the images were commonplace yet extraordinary. Children played soccer in the parks. Young women jogged at twilight. Couples dined outdoors. Commonplace because one should expect to see such scenes in any decent community.... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 21, 2024 Cotton, Stefanik Introduce Legislation to Stop Pentagon from Using Chinese-Owned Tutoring Service Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation, the Ban Chinese Communist Party Access to U.S. Military Students Act, to prevent the Department of Defense (DoD) from using Tutor.com. The website provides educational services to DoD service members and their families.... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 19, 2024 Cotton, Banks Introduce the Countering Chinese Political Warfare Act Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Countering Chinese Political Warfare Act, legislation that would sanction any individual or group that conducts political warfare on behalf of a foreign government against the United States. The legislation also requires the Secretary of State to determine if the... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 14, 2024 Cotton: Schumer’s Israeli Election Interference is Inappropriate, Offensive  Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-New York) demand for new Israeli elections:   “Chuck Schumer’s demand for new Israeli elections is inappropriate and offensive. Israel is a close ally and a healthy, vibrant... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 12, 2024 Cotton, Brown, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Stop Mexican Steel Surge Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today introduced the Stop Mexico’s Steel Surge Act, legislation that would curb the unsustainable levels of Mexican steel imports into the United States. The legislation follows letters (letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 11, 2024 Cotton Statement on Sweden Joining NATO Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after Finland formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO):  “I’m proud to welcome Sweden as our latest NATO ally. Sweden is a strategically located economic and industrial powerhouse that will add muscle and key geographic advantages to the alliance. Sweden’s... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 7, 2024 Cotton Introduces Legislation to Prohibit Clearances, Demonstrations for Terrorist Sympathizers Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced two bills in response to the U.S. airman who self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on February 25. The legislation follows a letter Senator Cotton sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, asking him to provide details... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 6, 2024 Cotton Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Pro-Hamas Riots Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Stop Pro-Terrorist Riots Now Act, legislation that would increase the punishments for rioting and provide mandatory sentences for anyone committing violence as part of a riot. Senator Cotton introduced the bill in response to the increasing number of anti-Semitic “protests”—often... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353March 5, 2024 Cotton, Cramer Introduce Bill to Prevent Companies from Forcing EVs on Consumers Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) today introduced the Requiring EV Notification and Transparency (RENT) Act, legislation that would increase transparency of electric vehicle rental cars and prevent rental companies from taking advantage of consumers. The legislation... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 29, 2024 Cotton, Colleagues to Biden: Rescind Directives Punishing, Undermining Israelis Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), and Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), today sent a letter to President Biden... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 28, 2024 Cotton: McConnell is One of the Great Lions of U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced he would not seek reelection as Leader: “Mitch McConnell is one of the great lions of the United States Senate. He saved the Supreme Court, preserved the rules and customs of the Senate, and always... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 28, 2024 Cotton to Austin: Why Was Airman Who Self-Immolated Allowed to Serve?  Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, asking him to provide information of the active-duty U.S. airman who self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on February 25. Senator Cotton asked Secretary Austin to respond to the “serious questions”... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 20, 2024 Cotton Seeks Answers on Biden’s Sanctions of Israelis Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to President Joe Biden, seeking clarification on his February 1, 2024 executive order on imposing sanctions on Israelis “in the West Bank.” Senator Cotton asked President Biden to respond by February 27. Text of the letter may be found here and below. February 20, 2024 The... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 16, 2024 Cotton Leads 22 Members of Congress in Court Challenge to Fight Biden Administration’s Investor Surveillance Scheme Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with 21 of his colleagues in Congress, yesterday filed an amicus brief in American Securities Association and Citadel Securities v. SEC in the Eleventh Circuit of Appeals, challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 15, 2024 Cotton to Austin: Pentagon Must Stop Using Chinese-Owned Tutoring Service Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, urging him to sever the Department of Defense’s (DoD) contract with Chinese-owned Primavera Capital Group. The company owns Tutor.com, a tutoring service the DoD uses for both military members and their children. Senator Cotton... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 8, 2024 Cotton to Pentagon: Eliminate the Jalisco Cartel Leadership Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Jalisco Cartel Neutralization Act, legislation that would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to give Congress a briefing every 90 days on its efforts to eliminate the leadership of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The bill renews pressure on the administration... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 7, 2024 Cotton to Blinken and Raimondo: Protect American Intellectual Property Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, expressing concerns about China’s attempts to weaponize its court system to steal American companies’ critical wireless communications technologies. Senator Cotton urged Secretaries Blinken... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 5, 2024 Cotton, Jordan Lead 23 Members of Congress in Court Challenge to Biden Administration’s Criminalization of Political Conduct Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (Ohio-04), along with 21 of their colleagues, filed a brief in the Supreme Court in Joseph Fischer v. United States. The brief opposes the Biden administration’s... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353February 1, 2024 Cotton, Cruz, Schmitt: UNRWA Should Not Receive Another Dime of U.S. Funding Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) today introduced the Defund United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Act, legislation that will prevent any American funding from going to the agency. The senators’ legislation follows reports that... Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353January 28, 2024 Cotton: Biden’s Appeasement of Iran Allowed U.S. Deaths, Devastating Retaliation Necessary Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after an attack in Jordan by Iran-backed militants killed three U.S. service members and injured 25: “Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars,... Read More