FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353October 12, 2022 Cotton Questions Mayorkas About Border Patrol ‘Whipping’ ClaimsWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking why the secretary condemned border patrol agents for allegedly whipping illegal immigrants when he had already received assurances that they had not done so.The letter cites a recently released email to... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 7, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Call for Answers on Possible Double-Dipping Student Loan “Refunds” for Federal EmployeesWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Steve Daines (R-South Dakota), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Tim Scott... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 4, 2022Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill Providing Funding for Critical Munitions to Protect America Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced a bill with Senators Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Rick Scott (R-Florida), and Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) to restore America’s diminished stockpiles of critical munitions. The legislation will authorize investments in necessary munitions production,... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 3, 2022Cotton, Colleagues Warn Amalgamated Bank for Abusing Financial System to Infringe on Second AmendmentWashington, DC—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) led 24 colleagues in a letter to Amalgamated Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Sims Brown criticizing the bank’s manipulation of an international rules... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 30, 2022 Gallagher, Cotton Introduce Legislation to Impose Crippling Sanctions on YMTCWASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) today introduced legislation that would impose crippling sanctions on Chinese memory chip manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC). The bill would place YMTC on the Specially Designated Nationals List and would also direct the... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 29, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Express Concern Over Reduced Reimbursements for PrescriptionsWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) sent a letter to Seileen Mullen, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, seeking answers about TRICARE beneficiaries’ ability to maintain access to local pharmacies. The letter expressed concern that Express... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 29, 2022Cotton Probes Potential Meta Cooperation with Iranian Government  Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the company’s alleged cooperation with Iran in suppressing dissent from the Iranian people. The letter cites news reports that one of Meta’s subsidiaries, Instagram, may have sided with Iran’s leaders... Read More

Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter today to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm requesting information about the Department of Energy potentially funding a lithium mine by Lithium Americas, a company partially owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The letter addresses the significant risks to national security and our supply chain that would arise if federal funding were to deepen Chinese control over America’s critical minerals and urges Granholm to reject... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 23, 2022Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter yesterday to Lieutenant General Richard M. Clark, Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Senator Cotton wrote to express his deep concern with reports that the Lieutenant General has commanded cadets to attend “diversity and inclusion” training sessions. The training reportedly instructed cadets to not use gender-specific terms like... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 20, 2022Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Student Loan Reform Act of 2022, a bill that will reduce the cost of tuition by holding colleges financially responsible for the loans they encourage students to take.Specifically, the bill requires that colleges become guarantors of up to 50 percent of future federal student loans and fines colleges 25 percent of the value of... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353September 15, 2022 Cotton Warns Apple Not To Do Business With Dangerous Chinese Chipmaker Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter today to Apple CEO Tim Cook warning him of the dangers that using chips from Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC) in Apple products poses to U.S. national security, consumer data security, and to Apple’s reputation and shareholders. The letter requested... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353September 11, 2022 Cotton Statement on the 21st Anniversary of 9/11Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the 21st anniversary of the September 11th attacks:“On this anniversary of 9/11 we again remember the 3,000 Americans murdered on that infamous day, the first responders who gave all to save them, and the brave veterans who fought... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353September 8, 2022 Cotton Statement on Death of Queen Elizabeth IIWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the death of Queen Elizabeth II:“Anna and I join all Arkansans in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and expressing our deepest condolences to the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and the Royal... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353September 8, 2022 Cotton Bill Overhauls Workforce EducationWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the American Workforce Act, a bill that overhauls workforce education. The legislation provides high school graduates with a 9,000-dollar workforce training voucher, used to participate in education programs designed by employers for jobs in their industry.Vouchers would... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353August 30, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Urge Against Return to Biased WTO Dispute Settlement BodyWashington, D.C. — Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) today sent a letter to USTR Representative Katherine Tai urging her to keep the resurrection of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body out of any dispute settlement reform negotiations at the WTO.... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353August 25, 2022 Cotton Statement on Court’s Blocking of Arkansas Transgender Youth LawWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a hold on Arkansas’s law to ban transgender medical interventions for children:“Our legislature voted to protect kids from experimental drugs and surgeries that could... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353August 24, 2022 Cotton Will Offer Alternative to Student Loan Bailout PlanWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after President Biden announced his plan to “forgive” student loan debt. “There is no such thing as student loan forgiveness—this is a bailout, paid for by the large majority of Americans who never went to college or who... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353August 6, 2022 Cotton Amendment Trades DHS “Green” Funding for ICE DetentionWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced an amendment to the upcoming budget reconciliation bill that would cut $500 million currently allocated by the bill to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for “sustainability and environmental programs.” The amendment then directs $400 million to Immigration and... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353August 6, 2022 Cotton Amendment Targets Fentanyl VariantsWashington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced an amendment to the upcoming budget reconciliation spending bill that would eliminate the expiration date on the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) emergency scheduling of fentanyl analogues to allow for permanent control of these deadly substances.Amendment text may be found here.“The DEA’s... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353August 4, 2022 Cotton Demands Answers About Delayed Missile Test LaunchWashington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding answers about reports that a routine missile test launch was delayed or canceled.In part, Cotton wrote, “I’ve heard reliable reports that this week’s routine test launch of a Minuteman III missile... Read More