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

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 or Dylan Haney (501) 223-9081 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) recently recognized Pea Ridge National Military Park in the Congressional Record as part of his initiative to highlight Arkansas's National Parks and Historic Sites in celebration of the National Park Service's 100th anniversary. You can find the full text of Senator Cotton's recognition in the Congressional Record below, or here.  In honor of the National Park Service's... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Senate passage of the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act, legislation that would expand the cemetery burial options offered by the VA to financially insolvent veterans: "I'm pleased the Senate unanimously passed this important bill. Charles Duncan and hundreds of veterans just like him bravely served our country in uniform. We should do everything in our power to... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Federal Drug Administration's (FDA) accelerated approval of an important Muscular Dystrophy drug: "I'm pleased the FDA gave accelerated approval to an important drug used to treat a form of muscular dystrophy that affects boys. In Arkansas, there are at least 60 boys who suffer from muscular dystrophy and I know this decision will give hope to them and their... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement today regarding a report released by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General indicating that between 858 and 1,811 individuals-some of whom hailed from countries posing national security risks-may have been improperly granted U.S. citizenship despite being subject to deportation orders: "This shocking report doesn't just reveal the Obama... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and James Risch (R-Idaho) and Congressman Mike Rogers... Read More