Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Helsinki summit: "U.S.-Russia relations remain at a historic low for one simple reason: Vladimir Putin is a committed adversary of the United States. In the last few years alone, Russia meddled in our presidential campaign, violated arms-control treaties with the United States, invaded Ukraine, assassinated political opponents in the United Kingdom, made... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), and James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) sent a letter to General Gustave F. Perna to support the Army's assignment of Red River Army Depot in Texas as the depot source of repair (DSOR) for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program, which provides enhanced force protection, survivability, mobility, and... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), Mark Warner (D-Virginia), Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) and Bill Nelson (D-Florida) today urged the chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services committees to include the Senate-passed Cotton-Van Hollen-Schumer-Rubio amendment that would reinstate penalties against ZTE in their upcoming NDAA FY2019 Conference Report. Additionally, they urged the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court: "Judge Kavanaugh has an impressive record as a jurist and as a lawyer. This is a highly consequential nomination, and it deserves the most careful consideration, so I look forward to meeting with Judge Kavanaugh soon to discuss more in detail his views on the Supreme Court's role in our constitutional... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's recommendation to the Federal Communications Commission to deny China Mobile's application to enter the U.S. market: "The NTIA is right to recognize the threat posed by China Mobile, especially given Beijing's long track record of espionage, both political and economic. The FCC should be on... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy: "Justice Kennedy has had a long and distinguished career on the Court. I thank him and wish him the very best in a well-deserved retirement after a lifetime of service to our great country. I look forward to confirming a worthy successor."   ### Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the spread of anti-government protests in Iran: "Hassan Rouhani can blame ‘foreign propaganda' until he's blue in the face, but the waves of protests filling the streets speak for themselves: The Iranian regime is hopelessly corrupt, and it is robbing the Iranian people blind to fund its terrorist escapades. The people are now speaking out, and the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra: "To force a pro-life clinic to advertise the very thing it opposes is an egregious violation of the First Amendment. The state of California's discrimination against crisis pregnancy centers was deliberate and cruel, and the Court rightly upheld these centers'... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Trump v. Hawaii: "Congress has long delegated to the president the authority to regulate the entry of people into the United States, particularly from war-torn countries or well-known state sponsors of terrorism. The Court has rightly upheld this common-sense, longstanding practice, which I hope will end once and for all the tortured reasoning of liberal... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) today urged the Department of Commerce to provide guidance and waivers to telecommunications operators and other customers wishing to remove ZTE software, hardware, and technology from their network infrastructure and suppliers seeking to provide alternative products to these customers. The full text of the letter to Secretary of... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the passing of Charles Krauthammer: "Our national discourse will be poorer without the wit and wisdom of Charles Krauthammer, but he left a remarkable legacy that all of us will draw from for years to come. I extend my deepest condolences to his wife Robbie, his son Daniel, and all his family and friends." ### Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Lucia v. SEC: "Administrative law judges have imposed punishing fines and permanently barred people from their chosen profession. These unelected bureaucrats have an immense amount of power, and they should be checked by the people's elected representatives, as the Court so ruled today." ### Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington D.C. - Today, a group of senators led by Thom Tillis (R-NC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act, which keeps families together while ensuring the integrity of our nation's immigration laws. The legislation requires that children and their parents remain... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Congressman Mike Conway (R-Texas), Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland) today sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing concern about Google's relationship with the Chinese telecom company Huawei because of its potential threat to U.S. national security. "Chinese telecommunications... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act: "Tonight the Senate passed a defense bill that will ensure our military is prepared to address the wide range of threats we face. And it rightly includes several of my provisions, such as prohibiting China from participating in key military exercises, forbidding the federal government from buying any... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today released the following statement on the passage of a bipartisan ZTE amendment in the defense bill: "We're heartened that both parties made it clear that protecting American jobs and national security must come first when making deals with countries like China, which has a history of having little regard for either. It is vital... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington D.C. - U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton along with U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced misconduct by a former VA pathologist at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. "This alleged gross negligence by a physician charged with caring for our veterans is a disturbing... 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 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