Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today blocked Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) from bringing the nomination of Adam Szubin for Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of Treasury to the Senate floor for a vote. Senator Cotton objects to the Obama Administration's intention to grant Iran access to the U.S. dollar. His full remarks can be found below. Additonally, a video of his remarks can be found... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence, discusses defeating the threat from Iran and the president's concessions to prop up his deal with Iran. "Americans are understandably fearful about their safety and security. But President Obama wants us to ‘chill out,'" Sen. Cotton says. "This parade of concessions must... 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 decision to transfer nine terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia: “Today, President Obama transferred nine hardened terrorists from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, illustrating once again that President Obama prioritizes campaign promises and politics over our safety and security.... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) and 11 other Senators today introduced the Detainee Transfer Transparency Act, legislation that would require the Secretary of Defense to make available to the public the intended transfer or release of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba at least 21 days in advance: "The prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are hardened terrorists who seek to do us harm and their... 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 Arkansas Congressman Ray Thornton: "I join all Arkansans in mourning the death and celebrating the life of Congressman Ray Thornton, a pillar of political and educational life in Arkansas. Whether it was during his tenure as President of both Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas, representing two congressional districts, or... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on King Abdullah's decision to fund the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre: "I commend King Abdullah for his generosity and continued commitment to the preservation of holy sites in the Holy Land. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, by tradition the site of both Jesus's crucifixion and entombment, is a sacred site for Christians, but has unfortunately... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) Friday sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter expressing concern over reports of technology transfers to China by U.S. Companies. "I am concerned this type of technology transfer endangers the national and economic security of the United States; jeopardizes the cybersecurity of individuals, enterprises, and governments globally; and undermines decades of U.S. non-proliferation policies... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on United Healthcare's decision to pull out of Arkansas's individual exchange market: "United Healthcare's decision to pull out of Arkansas's individual exchange market next year confirms what we've known all along: Obamacare's promises of more options, lower prices, and better health-care weren't worth the paper they were printed on. Instead, we've gotten just the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today questioned Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Robert Cordray about the flaws in the Bureau's approach to identifying ‘victims' in the Ally auto-lending case, which was based the dubious statistical theory of 'disparate impact.' Senator Cotton also questioned Director Cordray about the Bureau's failure to include an identity verification requirement under penalty of perjury-as... 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 Army Chief of Staff General Mark A. Milley about both Army readiness and modernization. General Milley testified that increasing the size of the force without budgetary increases would result in a hollow Army. Senator Cotton has long advocated for both an increase in end-strength and a higher defense budget to match. Excerpts from his... Read More

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