Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) today urged the Department of Commerce to provide guidance and waivers to telecommunications operators and other customers wishing to remove ZTE software, hardware, and technology from their network infrastructure and suppliers seeking to provide alternative products to these customers. The full text of the letter to Secretary of... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the passing of Charles Krauthammer: "Our national discourse will be poorer without the wit and wisdom of Charles Krauthammer, but he left a remarkable legacy that all of us will draw from for years to come. I extend my deepest condolences to his wife Robbie, his son Daniel, and all his family and friends." ### Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Lucia v. SEC: "Administrative law judges have imposed punishing fines and permanently barred people from their chosen profession. These unelected bureaucrats have an immense amount of power, and they should be checked by the people's elected representatives, as the Court so ruled today." ### Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington D.C. - Today, a group of senators led by Thom Tillis (R-NC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act, which keeps families together while ensuring the integrity of our nation's immigration laws. The legislation requires that children and their parents remain... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Congressman Mike Conway (R-Texas), Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland) today sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing concern about Google's relationship with the Chinese telecom company Huawei because of its potential threat to U.S. national security. "Chinese telecommunications... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act: "Tonight the Senate passed a defense bill that will ensure our military is prepared to address the wide range of threats we face. And it rightly includes several of my provisions, such as prohibiting China from participating in key military exercises, forbidding the federal government from buying any... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold   Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today released the following statement on the passage of a bipartisan ZTE amendment in the defense bill: "We're heartened that both parties made it clear that protecting American jobs and national security must come first when making deals with countries like China, which has a history of having little regard for either. It is vital... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington D.C. - U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton along with U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced misconduct by a former VA pathologist at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. "This alleged gross negligence by a physician charged with caring for our veterans is a disturbing... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the news that Apple is making it harder for law enforcement to access criminals' iPhones. "If Apple is willing to store Chinese customers' data on a state-owned firm's servers, then it should be more than willing to cooperate with valid warrants from U.S. law enforcement. Criminals and terrorists should never take precedence over the safety... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) today applauded the inclusion of their amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act responding to the national-security threat posed by Chinese telecom companies like Huawei and ZTE. "The threat Huawei and ZTE pose to our national security is too great to ignore. This amendment will help keep Americans' private information out of the hands of... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) today introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to respond to the national-security threat posed by Chinese telecom companies like Huawei and ZTE. "Huawei and ZTE have extensive ties with the Chinese Communist Party, as well as a track record of doing business with rogue regimes like North Korea and... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta to express their concern regarding a major increase in the number of H-2B temporary nonagricultural visas issued without "improving protections for American workers and visa holders and increasing... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama) today introduced the Small Business Audit Correction Act to provide much-needed regulatory relief to small investment brokers by exempting them from certain audit requirements and reinstating previous regulations. Congressmen French Hill (R-Arkansas) and Vicente González (D-Texas) introduced companion legislation in the House. "It makes no... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the President's signing into law the VA MISSION Act: "Veterans still face far too many obstacles when trying to get the care they need, and this bill will help remove a good number of them. Instead of forcing veterans to wait to see a doctor, we'll expand their options so they can find one close to them. This is squarely in keeping with the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Senator McConnell's decision to extend the summer legislative session: "I commend Senator McConnell for extending the summer legislative session in the face of unprecedented Democratic obstruction. Though August typically provides an opportunity to hear directly from Arkansans across the state, there's simply too much work left to do-in... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: "Religious freedom is the first freedom, and the government ought not force people of faith to violate their beliefs. The Supreme Court has rightly decided that open hostility to religion has no place in a free country's government and that people... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today announced that 20 students from across Arkansas received and accepted appointments through his office to the United States Service Academies. "Each one of these young men and women has made our state proud--not only by what they've accomplished, but by what they've chosen. They've decided to serve our country and put the safety and well-being of their fellow Americans before their own.... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after President Trump signed the Right to Try Act into law: "We've had a right-to-try law on the books in Arkansas for years, and once the president signs it, this bill will expand that right in Arkansas and across the country. For some terminally ill patients, an experimental treatment is their only hope of getting better, and by cutting out... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Memorial Day: "Memorial Day began as Decoration Day, as communities and families decorated the graves of fallen soldiers with flags and flowers. The tradition continues today across our land, with flags and flowers adorning patriot graves just as the memory of their bravery and sacrifice adorns our hearts. Their stories inspire our souls and give us... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the completed markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 in the Senate Armed Services Committee: "The committee has written a strong piece of legislation that allows us to build a modern fighting force capable of addressing the whole range of threats we face. I was especially pleased that this year's legislation includes... Read More