Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on reports by the New York Times that Russia was advancing its missile program in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: "The INF Treaty has been fundamental to peace and stability in Europe for the past three decades. Allowing it to die a slow death due to the aggressive actions of Vladimir Putin and the inaction of the Obama administration... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congressman Bruce Westerman (Arkansas-04) released the following statement after visiting the Honeycomb restaurant in Arkadelphia, Arkansas earlier today: "The Honeycomb restaurant and organizations like it here in Arkansas and across the country are special places that provide an opportunity for those with developmental disabilities to pursue meaningful work and earn wages. For years, the Honeycomb has... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement regarding today's passage by UNESCO of a resolution that ignores Jewish and Christian historical connections to the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount: "The resolution just passed by UNESCO is not just historically inaccurate, but dangerous. Terrorists who have attacked Israelis civilians in the past year routinely claim they are defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque.... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand: "I join with the Thai people and others around the world to mourn the loss of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Many tributes will rightfully be made to the king's deep love for his people and his wisdom in guiding Thailand. But while King Bhumibol was the revered caretaker of an ancient land located thousands of miles from... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson requesting that he inform Congress of the full number of people subject to deportation who were improperly granted citizenship and other immigration benefits. A September DHS Inspector General report... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling that the leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional: "Today the U.S. Court of Appeals struck a blow for the Constitution. It confirmed what many of us have been saying all along: in response to the financial crisis, the Obama administration, aided... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew requesting the Obama administration provide to the Senate all assessments it performed of Iran's Bank Sepah and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank Sepah International Plc in the run-up to the administration's lifting of sanctions on those entities. This request is in response to statements made by the State Department's... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) , along with 39 other senators, are pushing back against proposed regulations that would increase the estate tax, or "death tax," on family farms and businesses. The senators sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew expressing their concern that the new rules would "discourage families from continuing to operate and build their businesses" and asking him to... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Government Accountability Office's report suggesting that the Obama administration is ignoring federal law and illegally sending payments to health insurers instead of to the Treasury as required by Obamacare: "Yesterday's GAO report confirmed what we have long known: the Obama administration's decision to steer funds allocated to the Treasury to insurance... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement regarding the Wall Street Journal report that Administration officials simultaneously signed agreements to pay Iran $1.7 billion, lift sanctions on Iranian banks, and arrange the release of U.S. hostages. The agreements were signed by the same officials, in the same place, at the same time in a clear quid pro quo: "This report gives lie to the Administration's claim that it... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) joined Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Dan Coats (R-Indiana) and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) in introducing The Taylor Force Act which would require the Secretary of State to certify the Palestinian Authority has ended its policy of paying monetary rewards to terrorists and their surviving family members. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Mark Kirk (R-Illinois), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) were also... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) tonight released the following statement on the death of former Israeli President Shimon Peres: "Tonight we mourn the death of a true leader for Israel and for the world. His is an illustrious legacy. We will remember him for his central role in making the Zionist dream a lasting reality, and for training the eyes of Israel's people on the nation's future and not simply its past."   Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas), and Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Arkansas) each issued the following statements congratulating South Arkansas Community College on its award of a $788,587 grant from the Economic Development Administration to construct the Advance Manufacturing Training Center in El Dorado. "Congratulations to South Arkansas Community College on winning this grant," Cotton said. "I... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement today after the United Nations Security Council voted to approve a resolution related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): "Let there be no doubt: had my colleagues and I not vowed to defund the agency tasked with compromising our ability to maintain our nuclear weapons arsenal, President Obama would have used the U.N. Security Council to circumvent the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 WASHINGTON- Arkansas's U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton joined Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and 27 of their Senate colleagues in urging President Obama to refrain from implementing the dangerous and irresponsible ‘no first use' nuclear weapons policy. In a letter to President Barack Obama, the senators underscore the strategic importance of the nuclear arsenal to domestic safety and geopolitical strength. "The possession and proliferation of... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Safely Advancing Valuable and Inexpensive New Generic Solutions Act, or the SAVINGS Act, legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the review process for both the first and the second introduced generic drugs. It would also require the FDA to make a final approval decision within 150 days of receiving the priority review applications. "The steady... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), French Hill (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3) and Bruce Westerman (AR-4), today urged U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to support Governor Asa Hutchinson's request for a major disaster declaration for Arkansas. Following a storm that caused substantial flooding in several Arkansas counties, inflicting particular damage upon farms that... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressman French Hill, today announced that the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport will receive $5.9 millionfrom the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to rehabilitate the taxiway at Adams Field. The grant money will be used to fund phase 2 of the reconstruction project that will improve 2,500 feet of the existing Taxiway A pavement that has reached the end of its useful... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) yesterday sponsored the No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act, originally introduced by Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota). This bill seeks to address problems in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Crisis Line (VCL). Specifically it requires the VA to implement a documented process that will improve the responsiveness and performance of the VCL. It will also also require that... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-- Today, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) questioned former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman on the terror-financing risk of the $1.7 billion cash ransom paid to Iran by the Obama administration. The witnesses also explained, in response to Sen. Cotton's questioning, that the decision to make the payment in cash was likely made at... Read More