FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353December 8, 2022 Cotton Statement on Brittney Griner Prisoner SwapWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the prisoner swap with Russia:“Joe Biden’s prisoner swap with Vladimir Putin released Viktor Bout, the notorious ‘Merchant of Death’ who armed America’s worst enemies. And it left behind Paul Whelan, a Marine veteran who’s languishing in a... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353December 1, 2022 Cotton Introduces Legislation to Overturn Biden ESG Retirement Savings Rule  Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced legislation today that would overturn the Biden administration’s new rule allowing retirement plans to prioritize ESG factors like climate change and racial justice over maximizing shareholder value.... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353November 30, 2022 Cotton, Sullivan Introduce Bill to Support 9/11, Beirut Bombing VictimsWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today introduced the Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act, which would expand and improve a federal program that helps terrorist attack victims and their... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353November 30, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Block Chinese Data-Sharing PlatformWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congresswoman Michelle Steel (CA-48) today sent a letter to President Biden warning of the danger that a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled maritime data-sharing platform, LOGINK, poses to U.S. military and... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353November 24, 2022 Cotton Statement on Thanksgiving Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on Thanksgiving:“More than four centuries ago, our Pilgrim fathers joined with the Wampanoag tribe for the first Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims suffered many hardships and trials in the wilderness of the New World, but they bowed their heads and thanked God... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353November 21, 2022 Cotton Expresses Concern Over European Commission Jurisdiction ClaimWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to the German Ambassador and the Austrian Chargé d’Affaires detailing potential problems with the European Commission’s decision to invoke Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulations to review a deal between U.S. companies.... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353November 14, 2022 Cotton Statement on President Biden Meeting with President XiWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on President Biden’s meeting this morning with Chinese President Xi Jinping:“Joe Biden has again failed to address or even acknowledge China’s Cold War against the United States. His naive return to a policy of appeasement will... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 November 14, 2022 Cotton Demands Answers on Foreign TikTok Employees in the USWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding security concerns that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance pose to American citizens’ personal data. The letter requested details on TikTok’s use of H-1B guest workers who... Read More

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