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

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 Iran nuclear deal: "The Iran nuclear deal, terribly flawed from the beginning, at best only delayed Iran from getting the bomb while handing over hundreds of billions in sanctions relief, money that Iran uses to support terrorism and build long-range missiles. Tough sanctions are a first step... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today commended Attorney General Sessions's decision to send judges and prosecutors to the border to deal with the immigrant caravan: "No one has the right to break our laws and enter our country illegally. To allow such crimes to go unprosecuted would create chaos along the border and undermine the very rule of law that allows our country to flourish. Sending more judges and prosecutors to... 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 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech on Iran: "Prime Minister Netanyahu has presented compelling evidence that Iran tried to build a nuclear weapon and lied about it to the world. No one should be surprised, of course, and we shouldn't reward Iran by letting the ayatollahs reap the benefits of its nuclear deal. The time has come to fix the deal... 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 Treasury Department's decision to designate Chinese fentanyl kingpin Jian Zhang, four of his associates, and the entity Zaron Bio-Tech (Asia) Limited as significant foreign narcotics traffickers: "Chinese drug traffickers have been sending fentanyl to the United States to poison Americans for years. Kingpins like Jiang Zhang are why fentanyl... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353    Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today announced that Congressmen French Hill (R-Arkansas) and Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) have joined his effort to crack down on opioid trafficking. In the House of Representatives, Representative Hill introduced the Ending the Fentanyl Crisis Act, legislation that will strengthen penalties for fentanyl distribution and trafficking and provide additional screening resources... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released a statement regarding the FCC's unanimous vote to block U.S. wireless carriers from using federal subsidies to buy equipment or services from telecom firms deemed national-security risks: "I commend Chairman Pai for acting on the concerns I and others have raised about the threat Huawei and other foreign telecom firms pose to our communications networks. The FCC's unanimous... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler  or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) tonight released the following statement on President Trump's decision to launch air strikes in Syria: "The Butcher of Damascus learned two lessons tonight the hard way: weapons of mass destruction won't create a military advantage once the United States is done with you and Russia cannot protect its clients from the United States. President Trump ought to sustain the attacks if Assad... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the recent chemical attack in Syria: "As the sparrow cannot fall without the Father, so too Assad cannot launch chemical attacks without Iran and Russia. All three should pay for their barbarism." ### Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after his visit to the MARVA Workshop in Russellville where he heard from client workers and families about the importance of protecting sheltered workshops. "MARVA and similar organizations are a true blessing to their client-workers, families, customers, and all Arkansans. They give a sense of purpose and a chance for meaningful life to our most vulnerable... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement regarding newly imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs by the White House: "After all the mayhem they've caused in Ukraine and Syria--and the cyber-attacks they've launched against the U.S.--Putin's cronies should pay for their crimes, not profit off them. Imposing these new sanctions is another strong move by the administration to rein in Russian aggression... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement regarding a researcher at the University of Arkansas receiving an award from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program: "This is a very competitive program, and the fact that one of our very own from the University of Arkansas was chosen to receive funding shows just how important his research is. Our researchers continue to work at the forefront of... Read More

Cotton Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353Cruz Contact: Jessica Skaggs (202) 224-5922Inhofe Contact: Laurie Fitch (202) 224-4721 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the Commerce Department announced that it would add a new question to the 2020 census asking respondents whether they were citizens of the United States. The news comes after Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) sent a letter to the Department asking it to add such a question and gather more... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the President's decision to expel 60 Russian diplomats from the U.S. and close the Russian consulate in Seattle: "Russia simply cannot be allowed to violate our allies' sovereignty, use chemical weapons, or spy on our country with impunity. Today's decision by the president is a prudent step that will put more boundaries on the Putin regime's behavior. I also... Read More

Cotton Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353Boozman Contact: Patrick Creamer (202) 224-4843Crawford Contact: James Arnold (202) 225-4076     WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas), and Congressman Rick Crawford (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to R. D. James, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, urging him and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help state and local agencies strengthen the Pocahontas Levee on the Black River in... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) introduced legislation to provide regulatory relief to aquaculture shippers across our nation. Today, the Department of Transportation requires all shippers who need commercial driver's licenses to use electronic logging devices to keep track of their drivers' hours on the road. But though the DOT grants livestock haulers certain exemptions to account for the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on H.R. McMaster and John Bolton: "H.R. McMaster is a warrior and a scholar, one of the best generals of his generation. I join all Arkansans in thanking him for decades of service to our nation, most recently as President Trump's National Security Advisor. I also congratulate Ambassador John Bolton for his appointment as the next National Security Advisor. He's an... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Bill Cassidy M.D. (R-Louisiana), Dean Heller (R-Nevada), and Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) today introduced legislation to fight the opioid epidemic by strengthening penalties for fentanyl distribution and trafficking to ensure they better reflect the serious nature of the crime. Fentanyl is 100 times more powerful than morphine and has played an outsized role in the opioid epidemic.... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Senate's passage of the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act: "Human trafficking is a heinous crime that calls for strict enforcement. Any website that facilitates it in any way should feel the full force of the law. This legislation closes a loophole that has protected bad actors for far too long, and allows state attorneys general to bring more of them to... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's hearing of arguments for National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra: "Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra on whether crisis pregnancy centers should be forced to advertise for abortions. Requiring a pro-life organization to promote the very thing it opposes is... Read More