Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the news that Apple is making it harder for law enforcement to access criminals' iPhones. "If Apple is willing to store Chinese customers' data on a state-owned firm's servers, then it should be more than willing to cooperate with valid warrants from U.S. law enforcement. Criminals and terrorists should never take precedence over the safety... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) today applauded the inclusion of their amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act responding to the national-security threat posed by Chinese telecom companies like Huawei and ZTE. "The threat Huawei and ZTE pose to our national security is too great to ignore. This amendment will help keep Americans' private information out of the hands of... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) today introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to respond to the national-security threat posed by Chinese telecom companies like Huawei and ZTE. "Huawei and ZTE have extensive ties with the Chinese Communist Party, as well as a track record of doing business with rogue regimes like North Korea and... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta to express their concern regarding a major increase in the number of H-2B temporary nonagricultural visas issued without "improving protections for American workers and visa holders and increasing... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama) today introduced the Small Business Audit Correction Act to provide much-needed regulatory relief to small investment brokers by exempting them from certain audit requirements and reinstating previous regulations. Congressmen French Hill (R-Arkansas) and Vicente González (D-Texas) introduced companion legislation in the House. "It makes no... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the President's signing into law the VA MISSION Act: "Veterans still face far too many obstacles when trying to get the care they need, and this bill will help remove a good number of them. Instead of forcing veterans to wait to see a doctor, we'll expand their options so they can find one close to them. This is squarely in keeping with the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Senator McConnell's decision to extend the summer legislative session: "I commend Senator McConnell for extending the summer legislative session in the face of unprecedented Democratic obstruction. Though August typically provides an opportunity to hear directly from Arkansans across the state, there's simply too much work left to do-in... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: "Religious freedom is the first freedom, and the government ought not force people of faith to violate their beliefs. The Supreme Court has rightly decided that open hostility to religion has no place in a free country's government and that people... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today announced that 20 students from across Arkansas received and accepted appointments through his office to the United States Service Academies. "Each one of these young men and women has made our state proud--not only by what they've accomplished, but by what they've chosen. They've decided to serve our country and put the safety and well-being of their fellow Americans before their own.... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after President Trump signed the Right to Try Act into law: "We've had a right-to-try law on the books in Arkansas for years, and once the president signs it, this bill will expand that right in Arkansas and across the country. For some terminally ill patients, an experimental treatment is their only hope of getting better, and by cutting out... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Memorial Day: "Memorial Day began as Decoration Day, as communities and families decorated the graves of fallen soldiers with flags and flowers. The tradition continues today across our land, with flags and flowers adorning patriot graves just as the memory of their bravery and sacrifice adorns our hearts. Their stories inspire our souls and give us... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the completed markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 in the Senate Armed Services Committee: "The committee has written a strong piece of legislation that allows us to build a modern fighting force capable of addressing the whole range of threats we face. I was especially pleased that this year's legislation includes... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after President Trump signed S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, into law: "This is a good day for the thousands of community banks and credit unions in Arkansas and across the country. For years they've been punished for a financial crisis they didn't cause, and now they'll be able to grow and create... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on President Trump's decision to withdraw from the upcoming summit with North Korea: "North Korea has a long history of demanding concessions merely to negotiate. While past administrations of both parties have fallen for this ruse, I commend the president for seeing through Kim Jong Un's fraud. As I have long said, our maximum-pressure campaign on... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to hear Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren, concerning Virginia's ban on uranium mining, which runs afoul of federal law: "Our ability to produce nuclear energy is a matter of national security, and so federal law preempts any state-based efforts to prohibit uranium mining. Deeply concerned about this case's... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Secretary Pompeo's new Iran strategy: "Today, Secretary Pompeo laid out a wise strategy to eliminate Iran's nuclear-weapons program once and for all. Every single one of his demands is vital to securing peace in the Middle East and beyond, and the only reason Iran would have for rejecting them would be a malicious determination to continue... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Department of Health and Human Services's new proposal to protect Title X family-planning grants from being used to fund abortion clinics: "It's a basic principle of human decency that taxpayer dollars should go only to those clinics that protect life, instead of those that end it. My colleagues and I had raised concerns with the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the passage of a Senate resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of The Old Guard's reactivation into service: "Ever since the early days of the republic, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, more commonly known as the Old Guard, has set the highest standards of military conduct and character. Anyone who's seen its men and women at Arlington... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem: "America's embassy always belonged in the capital of Israel, which both history and common sense tell us is Jerusalem. I hope the opening of this new embassy will open a new chapter in Israeli-Palestinian relations, one based on truth, which is the only sure foundation for a lasting peace.... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the release of American prisoners by North Korea: "I'm pleased that these American citizens will soon be on their way home. This release is a good step toward achieving a real, lasting peace, but we still have a long way to go. Their imprisonment was a crime, unprovoked and unjustified, the kind of behavior North Korea must cease to rejoin the... Read More