Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Iran Sanctions Extension Act: "Today the Senate took action to extend authorities to sanction Iran, if and when Iran violates the terms of the nuclear agreement. These sanctions are critical to holding Iran accountable and it would be deeply irresponsible and dangerous if President Obama allowed them to expire. President Obama should stop bending to the... 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 Fidel Castro: "Fidel Castro created hell on earth for the Cuban people. He will now become intimately familiar with what he wrought."   Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202)224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday November 24: "Happy Thanksgiving from the Cotton family. This year, I'm thankful for my wonderful family-especially my wife Anna and our son, Gabriel, and the baby boy we will welcome next month. And I'm thankful for each of you, who keep me in your prayers and support me as I work on behalf of Arkansans. "From the earliest... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Facebook's development of a censorship tool for possible use in China: "That Facebook has been engineering a way to accommodate Communist China's censorship is deeply disturbing. If Facebook moves forward with this new feature and bends to Beijing's will, it would normalize complicity in oppression for other technology companies and embolden other authoritarian... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after a Texas Federal District Judge granted an emergency injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) overtime rule: "I'm pleased that a Federal Judge granted an injunction against the Department of Labor's overtime rule. This rule would have prohibited Arkansas workers from becoming salaried until they earned more than $47,000 - an amount higher than the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202)224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) this week recognized Jack Shatford as "Arkansan of the Week." You can find the full text of Senator Cotton's recognition on the Senate Floor below. A video of Senator Cotton's remarks can be viewed here. My Arkansan of the Week is Jack Shatford, and the recognition is both honorary and, sadly, posthumous. Jack passed away last month during one of his many hunting trips to Arkansas. He loved our state and... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), a Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) Commissioner, and Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Co-Chair of the CECC, today introduced the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, legislation that would renew the United States' historical commitment to freedom and democracy in Hong Kong at a time when its autonomy is increasingly under assault. The legislation also establishes... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on President Obama's claim that Iran is abiding by the nuclear agreement earlier today: "If "abiding by the agreement" means taking U.S. hostages, developing missiles to deliver nuclear weapons, and ramping up production of nuclear material, then the Iran nuclear agreement is an even worse deal than we thought. In January, a President Trump and a Republican Congress will... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the results of the 2016 election: "I congratulate Donald Trump on his election, and I congratulate all Republicans who won a sweeping, historic victory yesterday in the United States Senate and House of Representatives and across America, including my fellow Arkansans. But yesterday was not a Republican victory; it was an American victory. The American people sent... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims judgement against the Army intelligence program known as the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-A): "I applaud the Court of Federal Claims for forcing the Army to look at a true commercial solution to the long-troubled DCGS-A program. The Army's modernization budget is too small and has too many other priorities... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the FBI reopening its investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails: "I applaud the work of the FBI investigators in their pursuit of justice, and I'm glad Director Comey is allowing the truth to lead this investigation. I'm sure the Director did not take this decision lightly. I urge the Director to take all appropriate steps to protect... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the United States abstained from a United Nations vote condemning the trade embargo on Cuba: "Instead of enabling a vote against the U.S. embargo on Cuba, why didn't the Obama Administration offer its own UN resolution condemning the brutal kleptocracy of the Castro regime that keeps the Cuban people in poverty? Instead of spreading the Castros' propaganda that... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the skyrocketing costs of health insurance under Obamacare: "This week, the Obama administration confirmed that monthly health insurance premiums will increase on average by a staggering twenty-five percent. And in some states, premiums will increase by more than 100 percent. For Arkansans, these increases are unaffordable, especially when coupled with deductibles... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the Obama administration announced that premiums for Obamacare will increase by twenty-five percent next year: "Yesterday, the administration confirmed another Obamacare broken promise. Despite the President's claims that Obamacare would lower the cost of premiums, Americans will pay on average 25 percent more than last year. In some states, consumers are seeing... Read More

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