The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is not as old an office as some others in the President's Cabinet, but it's no less important. The Director's job is to provide the critical information on which the President's national-security decisions are based. And for this reason, presidents of both parties have chosen seasoned statesmen to serve in this post, men like Allen Dulles, George H. W. Bush, Robert Gates, and Mike Pompeo. Often, they've kept in office directors who were appointed... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 The office of Secretary of State has always held a place of special prominence in the President's Cabinet. The conduct of foreign policy is the highest craft of statesmanship. In the Secretary's hands rest matters of the most sensitive, delicate, and consequential nature, affairs of war and-we always hope-peace. President Kennedy put it simply when he said, "Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us." That's why... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 An opioid epidemic is sweeping the country. More than sixty thousand Americans are dying from opioid overdoses each year-more than the number of Americans who died in all twenty years of the Vietnam War. What a staggering fact that is. But behind each number is a tragedy for a family who loses its loved one. Today, I want to tell the story of the Hacala family from Rogers, Arkansas. It's a story of love, persistence, courage. And, I hope, a... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353   Thank you all very much for the warm welcome. To my old teacher and friend, Charles Kesler, thank you for that kind introduction. After that, even I am interested in what I'm going to say tonight. It's good to be back at the Claremont Institute. This dinner in honor of our hero Sir Winston Churchill is something of an annual reunion for all of us. We're here tonight to show our continued support for the Institute. I know you all hope... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 Last Friday marked the 70th anniversary of the 3rd Infantry Regiment's reactivation, and as one of its veterans, I didn't want to let the moment pass without notice. The 3rd Infantry, more commonly known as The Old Guard, serves across the river at Arlington National Cemetery. Most of you here and most of you in the gallery have probably visited the cemetery and seen Old Guard soldiers guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns or conducting funerals. Arkansans who... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 I want to speak today about the so-called Schumer amendment. Now that's not the name that some people give it, but I'll give it that name. Abraham Lincoln said if you call a dog's tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have, five? No, it has four. Because calling something doesn't make it that. In the same way you can call a bill bipartisan because there are some Republicans on that bill, and if the Republicans have simply acquiesced to the Democrats'... Read More

Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 I want to thank my colleague from Iowa, Chairman Grassley, for the excellent work that he has helped lead us all on this issue. We have a working group-the president herself belongs to the small working group. We've introduced legislation this week that transforms the president's four-pillar framework into an actual bill. And it's the one bill that can become a law. We have a plan, not to pass a bill but to pass a law. Because twice in the last 12 years,... Read More

Thank you, Chairman Grassley, for your leadership on this issue. Thank you for offering the SECURE Act, which I and so many other senators have supported. I want to continue this debate where Senator Tillis left off. We've heard a lot today about the so-called DACA program, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and the kind of negotiations in which we're currently engaged. Hopefully, those negotiations will reach a solution that will satisfy all the parties and give certainty and legal... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today spoke on the Senate floor about the life of ALS advocate Thomas Galyon of Rogers, Arkansas. You can watch the video in full here. In addition, a full transcript of his remarks is below. Last year, I stood on this floor and said a few words about a fellow Arkansan: Thomas Galyon of Rogers. We had just met to discuss his work with the Arkansas chapter of the National ALS Association. He'd been diagnosed with ALS... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today spoke on the Senate floor about the lives of Medal of Honor recipients Capt. Thomas J. Hudner and Col. Wesley L. Fox. You can watch the video in full here. In addition, a full transcript of his remarks is below. A month ago, we lost another Medal of Honor recipient, Capt. Thomas J. Hudner, who died at the ripe old age of 93. And not long after, we lost a second one, Col. Wesley L. Fox, who died at the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 I want to associate myself with much of what my Republican colleagues have said about the immigration bill we're working on. Or perhaps I should say, to be more accurate, the immigration bill we should be working on. Because the Democrats at this point simply will not take yes for an answer. We're offering a package that they should support and in return they're threatening to shut down the government. So let me just dispense off the top with their... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you all very much. Thank you for the very warm welcome. Dean, thank you for the very kind introduction-so kind, in fact, that even now I am excited to hear what I have to say today. It's great to be back with the Federal Society, to see so many friends and familiar faces. Dean, it's good to see you. Leonard Leo, my old friend a great champion for freedom and limited government. As Dean said, we have Judge Jerry Smith... Read More

Mr. President I'm glad that you're here to replace me as the presiding officer of the Senate. I've just spent the last hour of the Senate presiding myself. For those of you in the gallery who don't know these things, I'll pull back the curtain a little bit. They call it presiding-officer duty, not presiding-officer privilege or honor because it's reserved for the young senators who are new to the Senate, like Senator Sullivan and I. But it also means that you have to actually listen to your... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 His remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. Thank you very much. It's a real honor to be here celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Zionist Organization of America. And it's a privilege to again share the stage with a valiant defender of Israel, the one and only Mort Klein. And I want to thank Ron DeSantis for that kind introduction. In fact, that welcome was so kind it makes me feel like the beloved rabbi on his deathbed. You know the... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Mr. President, today is an important day on our promise to deliver tax relief for America's working families and our businesses, to create more jobs and grow our economy faster. The House Ways and Means Committee is about to unveil their first draft of the tax-cut bill. That's a good step forward after we both passed our budgets a couple of weeks ago. As we move forward through this process, it's important that we all recognize that tax... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 His remarks as prepared for delivery are below. Thank you all very much, and thank you to the Council on Foreign Relations for hosting this important conversation about the future of the Iran deal. That future faces a moment of decision on October 15. I've long advocated for declining to certify the deal to Congress again for many reasons, which I'll explain tonight. But President Trump has put it best himself: "The Iran deal poses a direct... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you so much. That is such a warm welcome, and Larry, thank you very much for the kind introduction, as always. After an introduction so splendid, even I am interested in what I will say tonight now. You know, Larry has had the occasion to introduce me on many occasions, and I'm always grateful for it because he gives such fine remarks. The only complicating factor is the height of these microphones. Fortunately, we've... Read More

So I want to clarify something about what’s going to happen this afternoon: whenever a Democratic senator says they’re worried about the state of our military, that they’re horrified at the kinds of cuts we’re making, that they can’t sleep at night because of what we’re doing to our troops in the field, don’t believe them. They don’t mean it. They’re not serious. It’s all for show. Because they had the perfect opportunity to stop all of... Read More

Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 I join my colleagues and all Arkansans in support of and prayers for the people of southeast Texas and all the victims of Hurricane Harvey. But I also want to express our thanks on behalf of a grateful nation. All of you reminded us of the American spirit at a time when we needed it pretty badly.August wasn't an easy month for our country. First in Charlottesville, then in Berkeley, we saw some pretty disgusting things: racism, anarchism, and mob violence. If... Read More

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Thank you all very much for the warm welcome, I appreciate it. Thanks to the Chamber for hosting me this morning. It's always a delight to be here. I was especially pleased when I got the invitation to talk about the proposed topic because I know, like many of you, I was just as displeased whenever I saw the CFPB announced last week that it would be finalizing its anti-arbitration rule. I know you're devoting a full two hours today to a thorough analysis... Read More