Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the indictment of Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn for his alleged role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $600 million in federal disability payments: "The indictment of Eric C. Conn - a Kentucky attorney who called himself "Mr. Social Security" and is alleged to have stolen millions from the disabled - is long overdue and is an important step toward... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on WhatsApp and Facebook's decision to add end-to-end encryption on all of WhatsApp's services: "The WhatsApp and Facebook decision to add end-to-end encryption to all of WhatsApp's services with no secure method to comply with valid search warrants continues a dangerous trend in the tech and data world. This is an open invitation to terrorists, drug dealers, and... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) during a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing today questioned NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers about data security, encryption, and cybersecurity policies in the wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Excerpts from his questions can be found below. Additionally, click here to watch the video of the exchange. "I think data security and cybersecurity are obviously critical in the modern... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Housing and Urban Development Department's intent to use the statistical theory of disparate impact to overrule local housing providers' decisions to deny housing on the basis of criminal history: "There are no lengths to which this administration won't go to support convicted criminals. While those who have served their debt to society and completed the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today unveiled a new initiative to recognize each of Arkansas's national parks in celebration of the National Parks Service 100th anniversary this year. Over the next year, Senator Cotton will release several graphics featuring each of Arkansas's national parks or historic sites. Senator Cotton will also submit remarks to the Congressional Record throughout the year highlighting the history and significance... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and 41 of their fellow Senate Republicans in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a challenge by a majority of the nation's governors and attorneys general of the states, led by the State of Texas, to the Obama Administration's November 2014 executive actions on immigration. The Supreme Court took up... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Obama administration's announcement of a 20 percent reduction in the U.S. stockpile of nuclear material: "President Obama's trumpeting of a reduction in the U.S. stockpile of nuclear material is emblematic of his failed non-proliferation policies. President Obama claims that unilateral reductions in our nuclear capabilities and highly enriched uranium stockpile... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement regarding reports that the Obama Administration may lift sanctions that block Iranian access to the U.S. financial system: "Since signing the nuclear deal one year ago, Iran has continued its provocations of the United States and enhanced its push for regional hegemony. It has tested ballistic missiles, captured U.S. sailors, and fueled conflicts in Syria and Yemen --... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the use of private email accounts by EPA officials: "The EPA seems to know no bounds when it comes to circumventing the law to impose their will on Arkansas and America. We have known that former administrator Lisa Jackson went so far as to create aliases for doing official business over private emails in order to hide her identity. And we now know that other EPA... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton, Senator John Boozman, Congressman Rick Crawford, Congressman French Hill, Congressman Steve Womack, and Congressman Bruce Westerman today issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Energy (DOE) to use Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58) to partner with Clean Line Energy in an energy transmission project across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee: "Today... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the sixth anniversary of Obamacare: "Six years after Obamacare was rammed into law its legacy is fewer choices, higher-costs, and massive debt. Worse, this unworkable law has decimated the market for individual and catastrophic care plans, and tens-of-thousands of Arkansans now face massive fines simply for being unable to afford health insurance that fits... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement about the terrorist attacks in Brussels this morning: "My thoughts and prayers are with the victims of today's terrorist attacks and with the Belgian people. The terrorists who are tearing apart the Islamic world have now shown repeatedly that they can and will strike at the heart of Europe and the West. We must turn this moment of anguish into a galvanizing event,... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202)224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on reports that the Castro regime has arrested Elizardo Sanchez, a prominent and peaceful human-rights activist in Cuba, on the eve of President Obama's trip to Cuba: "President Obama's opening to Cuba has yielded little besides continued affronts, crackdowns, and oppression. Now, on the eve of the president's misguided trip to Cuba, the Castro regime arrested Elizardo... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) yesterday joined U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) in... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Religious Persecution Relief Act, legislation that would grant religious minorities fleeing persecution at the hands of ISIS and other groups in Syria priority status so they can apply directly to the U.S. resettlement program. The bill will also set aside 10,000 resettlement slots annually that must be devoted to Syrian religious minorities. Overall, the bill will allow Syrian... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee: "In a few short months, we will have a new President and new Senators who can consider the next Justice with the full faith of the people. Why would we cut off the national debate on the next Justice? Why would we squelch the voice of the populace? Why would we deny the voters a chance to weigh in on the make-up of the... 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 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: "The growing opioid and heroin abuse epidemics in Arkansas and across the country are ruining lives and devastating families and communities. If we want to truly resolve these problems, we must attack them at their root: addiction. Regrettably, only ten percent of those suffering from addiction receive... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Arkansas's U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton today helped introduce a resolution calling for fighters involved with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to be detained at Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) if they are captured by the United States. Boozman and Cotton are among 14 original cosponsors of the resolution, authored by U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), which follows the recent announcement that U.S. Special Forces captured... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on reports that Iran conducted ballistic missile tests in an apparent violation of United Nation Security Council Resolution: "Today we once again witnessed the consequences of President Obama's continued deference to dictators and rogue regimes. From Iran to North Korea, it's clear our enemies no longer fear the United States. Conducting ballistic missile tests is... 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 former First Lady Nancy Reagan: “On behalf of all Arkansans, my deepest sympathies go out to the Reagan family. Nancy Reagan was the epitome of a First Lady—a portrait of grace, compassion, and patriotism. During her time in the White House, she led a tireless campaign against drug abuse and addiction and helped shine a spotlight on... Read More