FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 November 11, 2022Cotton Statement on Veterans Day Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement in observance of Veterans Day: "Today a grateful nation pauses to remember the Americans who put the needs of their country above their own. At home and abroad, the sacrifice of our veterans has made America safer and stronger. These exceptional... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353November 4, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Warn Law Firms About ESG Initiatives Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida), sent letters to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations that their clients may commit if they... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 21, 2022  ICYMI: How Tom Cotton’s hard line on crime took over the Republican Party  How Tom Cotton’s hard line on crime took over the Republican Party Semafor By David Weigel When prison reform was in vogue, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. was against it. In 2018, he led the GOP opposition to the First Step Act, a bipartisan effort to reduce some sentences and let some criminals out... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 14, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Take Action Against Huawei-Aligned Semiconductor PlantWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida), sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling on the administration to take immediate action to prevent the Chinese... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 13, 2022 Cotton Requests Information on Release of Private Military RecordsWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Chief of the National Guard Bureau General Daniel Hokanson requesting a full accounting of how Politico obtained the private personnel records of USAF Lieutenant Colonel... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353October 12, 2022 Cotton Questions Mayorkas About Border Patrol ‘Whipping’ ClaimsWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking why the secretary condemned border patrol agents for allegedly whipping illegal immigrants when he had already received assurances that they had not done so.The letter cites a recently released email to... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 7, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Call for Answers on Possible Double-Dipping Student Loan “Refunds” for Federal EmployeesWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Steve Daines (R-South Dakota), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Tim Scott... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 4, 2022Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill Providing Funding for Critical Munitions to Protect America Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced a bill with Senators Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Rick Scott (R-Florida), and Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) to restore America’s diminished stockpiles of critical munitions. The legislation will authorize investments in necessary munitions production,... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 3, 2022Cotton, Colleagues Warn Amalgamated Bank for Abusing Financial System to Infringe on Second AmendmentWashington, DC—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) led 24 colleagues in a letter to Amalgamated Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Sims Brown criticizing the bank’s manipulation of an international rules... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 30, 2022 Gallagher, Cotton Introduce Legislation to Impose Crippling Sanctions on YMTCWASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) today introduced legislation that would impose crippling sanctions on Chinese memory chip manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC). The bill would place YMTC on the Specially Designated Nationals List and would also direct the... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 29, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Express Concern Over Reduced Reimbursements for PrescriptionsWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) sent a letter to Seileen Mullen, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, seeking answers about TRICARE beneficiaries’ ability to maintain access to local pharmacies. The letter expressed concern that Express... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 29, 2022Cotton Probes Potential Meta Cooperation with Iranian Government  Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the company’s alleged cooperation with Iran in suppressing dissent from the Iranian people. The letter cites news reports that one of Meta’s subsidiaries, Instagram, may have sided with Iran’s leaders... Read More

Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter today to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm requesting information about the Department of Energy potentially funding a lithium mine by Lithium Americas, a company partially owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The letter addresses the significant risks to national security and our supply chain that would arise if federal funding were to deepen Chinese control over America’s critical minerals and urges Granholm to reject... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 23, 2022Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter yesterday to Lieutenant General Richard M. Clark, Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Senator Cotton wrote to express his deep concern with reports that the Lieutenant General has commanded cadets to attend “diversity and inclusion” training sessions. The training reportedly instructed cadets to not use gender-specific terms like... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 20, 2022Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Student Loan Reform Act of 2022, a bill that will reduce the cost of tuition by holding colleges financially responsible for the loans they encourage students to take.Specifically, the bill requires that colleges become guarantors of up to 50 percent of future federal student loans and fines colleges 25 percent of the value of... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 15, 2022 Cotton Warns Apple Not To Do Business With Dangerous Chinese Chipmaker Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter today to Apple CEO Tim Cook warning him of the dangers that using chips from Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC) in Apple products poses to U.S. national security, consumer data security, and to Apple’s reputation and shareholders. The letter requested... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353September 11, 2022 Cotton Statement on the 21st Anniversary of 9/11Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the 21st anniversary of the September 11th attacks:“On this anniversary of 9/11 we again remember the 3,000 Americans murdered on that infamous day, the first responders who gave all to save them, and the brave veterans who fought... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353September 8, 2022 Cotton Statement on Death of Queen Elizabeth IIWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the death of Queen Elizabeth II:“Anna and I join all Arkansans in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and expressing our deepest condolences to the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and the Royal... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353September 8, 2022 Cotton Bill Overhauls Workforce EducationWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the American Workforce Act, a bill that overhauls workforce education. The legislation provides high school graduates with a 9,000-dollar workforce training voucher, used to participate in education programs designed by employers for jobs in their industry.Vouchers would... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353August 30, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Urge Against Return to Biased WTO Dispute Settlement BodyWashington, D.C. — Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) today sent a letter to USTR Representative Katherine Tai urging her to keep the resurrection of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body out of any dispute settlement reform negotiations at the WTO.... Read More