Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order rolling back the EPA's Waters of the United States: "President Trump promised America's farmers he would grant them relief from the regulatory onslaught of the last eight years, and this is a good way to start. The Waters of the United States rule was especially intrusive to Arkansas. It tried to dictate everything from... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Tuesday, February 28th, at 5:40 PM CT, Senator Tom Cotton will hold a tele-town hall ahead of President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress. Arkansans should use the link provided below to stream the audio of the tele-town hall and submit their questions to Senator Cotton. WHO: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) WHAT: Tele-Town Hall WHEN: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 TIME: 5:40 PM CT LIVESTREAM LINK:... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 HOPE, Ark. - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday (February 23) an FY16 Emergency Disaster Grant in the amount of $2,957,100 to the Hope Housing Authority. According to HUD, the HACH has been increasingly experiencing repetitive maintenance issues that are a direct result of the aging sewer line materials and excessive soil movements due to the large amount of storm water runoff that is not being adequately directed away... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after President Trump named Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his national-security adviser:  "H.R McMaster is one of the finest combat leaders of our generation and also a great strategic mind. He is a true warrior scholar, and I'm confident he will serve both the president and the country well."  ### Read More

Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) today introduced the Intermediate-Range Forces Treaty (INF) Preservation Act, legislation that would allow the United States to take steps to bring Russia back into compliance with the INF Treaty and begin developing similar missile systems. Congressmen Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Mike Rogers (R-Alabama) introduced companion legislation in the House of... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after meeting with the nominee for Secretary of the Air Force, former Congresswoman Heather Wilson: "I have great respect for Heather Wilson. She's an accomplished public servant, and as an Air Force veteran herself, she understands the challenges of modernizing our Air Force in such a dangerous time as this. We had a very good conversation today. I was struck... Read More

Cotton Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353Boozman Contact: Sara Lasure (202) 224-4843 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) yesterday joined 21 of their Republican Senate colleagues in sending a letter to recently confirmed Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price asking for relief from Obamacare for individuals living in Arkansas and 34 other states. The letter congratulates the new head of the federal health agency and... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on reports that Russia secretly deployed a new cruise missile: "There's little reason for the U.S. to continue abiding by a treaty whose only other party continues to violate it blatantly. Two battalions of cruise missiles don't just magically appear overnight. And if the last administration showed us anything, it's that ignoring these kinds of provocations simply... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) joined their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the president encouraging him to assess the future operations and detention of detainees held at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO). "Congress has continuously opposed and prohibited the closure of GTMO as well as the transfer of GTMO detainees to U.S. soil since 2010 in... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and John Boozman (R-AR) and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) introduced the Children's Consignment Event Recognition Act, legislation to prevent children's consignment business owners from unnecessary and burdensome Department of Labor (DOL) regulations. The bill would provide an exemption for volunteers at children's consignment events from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). DOL's outdated policy interferes... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton today released the following statement after meeting with the nominee for Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin: "Scandals at the VA have become far too familiar lately, and what they've exposed are serious structural and cultural problems impeding the department's mission. Hundreds of thousands of Arkansas veterans have earned the right to high-quality service, which is a priority of... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton today released the following statement on North Korea's ballistic missile test: "This foolhardy act should only steel our resolve to deploy missile defense systems and make the North Korean regime's provocations as feckless as they are irresponsible. It's time the regime had to face consequences for its behavior and that we said, "enough is enough." Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the Ninth Circuit ruling on President Trump's immigration order: "President Trump's order to temporarily pause the refugee program and travel from seven war-torn countries is plainly legal under the Constitution and our immigration laws. No foreigner has a constitutional right to enter the United States and courts ought not second-guess sensitive national-security... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after meeting with the nominee for Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman: "The U.S.-Israel alliance has been strained by the past eight years. President Trump has committed to repairing this damage and making the alliance stronger than ever, and David Friedman is the right man for the job. He has deep, longstanding personal ties with Israel and its leaders, as well as... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after meeting with the nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch: "I was very impressed by my meeting with Judge Neil Gorsuch today, as I've been impressed with his judicial record as I've reviewed it over the last week. He's exceptionally well-versed in the law, and yet for all his learning, he's an extraordinarily humble man. In our conversation, we... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after meeting with the nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Tom Price: "If we want our health-care system to focus on the patient's needs, then why not pick a HHS secretary who's spent his career doing just that? As a doctor himself, Dr. Price knows what it takes to provide quality, affordable care on a personal level. And as a congressman, he's... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after meeting with the nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Senator Dan Coats: "In all the time I've known Dan Coats, I've found him to be a wise and sober statesman. Given his long service in the Senate, I think he'll have an excellent relationship with Congress. In our meeting today, we discussed the wide range of threats facing our country, especially... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia) today unveiled the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act, legislation that will help raise American workers' wages by restoring legal immigration levels to their historical norms and rebalancing the system toward employment-based visas and immediate-family household members. The RAISE Act would lower overall immigration to 637,960 in its... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education: "President Trump has assembled a first-class team for his Cabinet, and obstructing all of these confirmation votes is only delaying the important work that needs to be done. In my conversation with Betsy DeVos, I found her to have a deep appreciation for the value of public schools and a special... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement congratulating Queen Elizabeth II on her Sapphire Jubilee: "In her 65 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II has been a source of strength and stability to the British people. She also has been as steadfast of a friend to America as we could hope for. And so it is with deep gratitude and warm regard that I congratulate her on reaching this historic milestone." Read More