"Keep Calm and Carry On Trading"Daily SignalBy Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Mike Lee (R- Utah) Former British Prime Minister David Cameron warned that it could lead to war. A Brookings Institution scholar wondered ominously if it was the "greatest catastrophe" of the 21st century. CNN's Peter Bergen compared it to appeasing Hitler. And what exactly caused all these predictions of doom and bouts of anxiety? Not a violent military coup. Not an unstable dictator obtaining nuclear weapons... Read More

Why the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is Still a Bad IdeaFox News OpinionBy Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) The Obama administration has recently started to pitch the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to the American people. As they begin yet another politically motivated public relations campaign, it's important to remember the Senate rejected this deeply defective treaty in 1999, and the case against ratification today is stronger than it was then. In the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Shore Up US Nuclear ProgramDefense News By Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Steve Daines (R-MT) While it may be difficult to imagine given the destructive power they possess, nuclear weapons are a cornerstone of our national security. In fact, our possession of these weapons helps protect the United States and US allies around the world every single day by deterring our enemies. Regrettably, our nuclear capabilities are facing a readiness crisis and we must... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Apple's Brand Is Not Worth America's SafetyTime MagazineBy Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) Apple CEO Tim Cook recently explained his decision to refuse a court order to unlock the iPhone of a deceased ISIS terrorist. He stated that what's "at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone's civil liberties." But Cook is wrong, and the implications of his error will... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Mr. Obama, here's why closing Guantanamo is a big mistakeFox News OpinionBy: Senator Tom Cotton In his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Obama promised to "keep working to shut down the prison at Guantanamo" and said "it's expensive, it's unnecessary, and it only serves as a recruitment brochure for our enemies." But he couldn't be more wrong. Guantanamo Bay is a first-rate detention facility that's kept terrorists off the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Proxy WarsForeign AffairsBy: Senator Tom Cotton The attacks by the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Paris have forced a major rethinking of U.S. strategy in the Syrian conflict. A part of that rethinking must be U.S. President Barack Obama's unwise decision to treat Russia as a legitimate partner in negotiations over Syria's future. At the G-20 meeting in Turkey this week, Russia quickly offered itself as a key partner in the fight against ISIS and... Read More

Congress, Let's Fix Social Security Disability Insurance and Get Americans Back to WorkFox News OpinionBy: Senator Tom Cotton and Senator Joe Manchin Nearly 11 million Americans rely on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a program intended to provide a safety net to workers who develop a serious, long-term disability. Most American workers pay into SSDI through their payroll taxes, but payments to beneficiaries have exceeded these taxes in recent years. Indeed, since 2009, SSDI has... Read More

Protecting Arkansas' Small Businesses By: Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman   As many Arkansans know, the franchise model has been one of the greatest examples of economic success in history. The benefits of franchises are widespread and shared by investors, business owners, employees and nearly every American. There are more than 770,000 franchises nationwide employing about 8.5 million people, almost three times the population of Arkansas. Our state has nearly 10,000 franchises that... Read More

  We Must Do More to Protect the Unborn The Jonesboro Sun By: Senator Tom Cotton   This past week Democrats chose death over human life when they blocked a bill to prohibit late-term abortions. I've learned a lot about the magic of human life since my wife Anna gave birth to our own little angel, Gabriel, five months ago. Like many of you, I believe life begins at conception, and we must do everything in our power to protect the unborn.     From the moment Anna and I... Read More

  Release the Secret Iran Deals The Wall Street Journal By: Senator Tom Cotton and Congressman Mike Pompeo  For those of us who are elected officials, few votes will be more consequential than whether to approve or disapprove the nuclear agreement President Obama has reached with Iran. Yet the president expects Congress to cast this vote without the administration’s fully disclosing the contents of the deal to the American people. This is unacceptable and plainly violates the... Read More

On Iran, this is a moment for President Obama to be strong Washington Examiner By: Senator Tom Cotton  We are on the cusp of the latest deadline for a final agreement over Iran's nuclear weapons program. In the next few days, we may see a signed deal that reflects the framework announced by the Obama administration and Iranian negotiators back in April. It is an emerging agreement that almost no one, including former advisers to President Obama, believes would be a strong deal that... Read More

We Can't Go Back to a Pre-9/11 Mentality Senator Tom Cotton As Congress debates whether to reauthorize key portions of the USA Patriot Act, it is important to be clear on what those arguing "no" are asking of the American people. They are asking to terminate an intelligence program that allows intelligence officials to identify terrorist networks, a program which multiple national security experts have testified might have prevented 9/11 had it existed in 2001. They are asking to end an... Read More

  President Obama Must Stand With Afghanistan Politico By: Senator Tom Cotton   America has waged war and peace in Afghanistan for over 13 years. Our taxpayers have spent much, and our troops have bled and died there in a difficult effort to make America safer. I understand that many Americans are weary with the war, even frustrated, with Afghanistan’s seemingly endless complexities and problems. Few people are more aware of these difficulties than me and the men and women with... Read More

As the Iranian Nuclear Talks Drag On, Congress Must Act Wall Street Journal By: Senator Tom Cotton    Anuclear-capable Iran is the gravest threat facing America today. The Obama administration’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, the so-called P5+1 talks, were supposed to stop Iran’s rush to a nuclear bomb. Regrettably, what began as an unwise gamble has descended into a dangerous series of unending concessions, which is why the time has come for Congress to act.   Our... Read More