Boozman, Cotton Resolution Recognizing Marshall Islands Clears Senate
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) recognizing the strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese who live in the United States. Since the 1980s, thousands of Marshallese have legally […]
Cotton, Shelby, Rep. Byrne Introduce No Leniency for Terrorists Act of 2019
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) introduced legislation making anyone convicted of a terrorist offense ineligible for early release from federal prison for “good behavior.” Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Alabama) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. The bill text can […]
Senators Cotton, Rubio, Cardin Reintroduce Bill Targeting Chinese Aggression in South China Sea
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) today reintroduced the South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act, a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions against Chinese entities that participate in Beijing’s illegitimate attempts to assert its expansive maritime […]
Portable Certification of Spouses (PCS) Act Included in NDAA
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – The Portable Certification of Spouses (PCS) Act, introduced by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), and Martha McSally (R-Arizona), was included in the Chairman’s mark of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020. The PCS Act will improve the portability of occupational […]
Cotton Introduces Bill to End Dangerous Sanctuary City Policies
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) and John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act which would put an end to dangerous sanctuary city policies that forbid local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, even when they wish to do so. “Sanctuary cities keep criminal aliens on our […]
Senate Leaders Announce Bipartisan 5G Leadership Act
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Mark Warner (D-Virginia), Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), today introduced the United States 5G Leadership Act of 2019. This legislation would establish U.S. policy for the commercial deployment and security of […]
Johnson, Colleagues Introduce SOFA Act to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), joined by Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), introduced the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act Wednesday, legislation to give law enforcement enhanced tools to combat the opioid epidemic and close […]
Cotton Remarks on Medal of Honor Pension Bill
Below are his remarks as delivered: I want to thank the Committee and Chairman Isakson and Ranking Member Tester for inviting me to speak at this hearing. I also want to thank my colleague from Arkansas, Senator Boozman, as well as Senator Blumenthal for co-sponsoring Senate Bill 857, which would increase the special pension for […]
Senators Cotton, Braun, Cruz, & Rubio Call for Religious Freedoms in Cuba after Parents Jailed for Homeschooling
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – In April 2019, a family was sent to prison in Cuba for homeschooling their children, who were enrolled in a Christian distance school in Honduras free from the state indoctrination of Cuba’s regime-controlled education system. To express solidarity for the Cuban people in their pursuit […]
Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Stop Trafficking of Unaccompanied Alien Children
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) introduced the Accountability for Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children Act (S. 1561) to protect children from being trafficked at the southern border. “When unaccompanied children are caught being smuggled […]