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

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 S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, into law: "This is a good day for the thousands of community banks and credit unions in Arkansas and across the country. For years they've been punished for a financial crisis they didn't cause, and now they'll be able to grow and create... 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 President Trump's decision to withdraw from the upcoming summit with North Korea: "North Korea has a long history of demanding concessions merely to negotiate. While past administrations of both parties have fallen for this ruse, I commend the president for seeing through Kim Jong Un's fraud. As I have long said, our maximum-pressure campaign on... 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 to hear Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren, concerning Virginia's ban on uranium mining, which runs afoul of federal law: "Our ability to produce nuclear energy is a matter of national security, and so federal law preempts any state-based efforts to prohibit uranium mining. Deeply concerned about this case's... 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 Secretary Pompeo's new Iran strategy: "Today, Secretary Pompeo laid out a wise strategy to eliminate Iran's nuclear-weapons program once and for all. Every single one of his demands is vital to securing peace in the Middle East and beyond, and the only reason Iran would have for rejecting them would be a malicious determination to continue... 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 Department of Health and Human Services's new proposal to protect Title X family-planning grants from being used to fund abortion clinics: "It's a basic principle of human decency that taxpayer dollars should go only to those clinics that protect life, instead of those that end it. My colleagues and I had raised concerns 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 the passage of a Senate resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of The Old Guard's reactivation into service: "Ever since the early days of the republic, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, more commonly known as the Old Guard, has set the highest standards of military conduct and character. Anyone who's seen its men and women at Arlington... 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 opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem: "America's embassy always belonged in the capital of Israel, which both history and common sense tell us is Jerusalem. I hope the opening of this new embassy will open a new chapter in Israeli-Palestinian relations, one based on truth, which is the only sure foundation for a lasting peace.... 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 release of American prisoners by North Korea: "I'm pleased that these American citizens will soon be on their way home. This release is a good step toward achieving a real, lasting peace, but we still have a long way to go. Their imprisonment was a crime, unprovoked and unjustified, the kind of behavior North Korea must cease to rejoin 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 President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal: "The Iran nuclear deal, terribly flawed from the beginning, at best only delayed Iran from getting the bomb while handing over hundreds of billions in sanctions relief, money that Iran uses to support terrorism and build long-range missiles. Tough sanctions are a first step... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today commended Attorney General Sessions's decision to send judges and prosecutors to the border to deal with the immigrant caravan: "No one has the right to break our laws and enter our country illegally. To allow such crimes to go unprosecuted would create chaos along the border and undermine the very rule of law that allows our country to flourish. Sending more judges and prosecutors to... 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 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech on Iran: "Prime Minister Netanyahu has presented compelling evidence that Iran tried to build a nuclear weapon and lied about it to the world. No one should be surprised, of course, and we shouldn't reward Iran by letting the ayatollahs reap the benefits of its nuclear deal. The time has come to fix the deal... 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 Treasury Department's decision to designate Chinese fentanyl kingpin Jian Zhang, four of his associates, and the entity Zaron Bio-Tech (Asia) Limited as significant foreign narcotics traffickers: "Chinese drug traffickers have been sending fentanyl to the United States to poison Americans for years. Kingpins like Jiang Zhang are why fentanyl... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353    Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today announced that Congressmen French Hill (R-Arkansas) and Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) have joined his effort to crack down on opioid trafficking. In the House of Representatives, Representative Hill introduced the Ending the Fentanyl Crisis Act, legislation that will strengthen penalties for fentanyl distribution and trafficking and provide additional screening resources... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released a statement regarding the FCC's unanimous vote to block U.S. wireless carriers from using federal subsidies to buy equipment or services from telecom firms deemed national-security risks: "I commend Chairman Pai for acting on the concerns I and others have raised about the threat Huawei and other foreign telecom firms pose to our communications networks. The FCC's unanimous... Read More