Cotton Statement on Apple’s Denying Access to Criminals’ iPhones
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 […]
Cotton Warns about the Threat of Huawei and ZTE
I ask consent to have a colloquy with the senator from Maryland. Thank you, Mr. President. The Senator and I have done a lot of work together on an issue that is a genuine threat to our national security. And that’s the threat of Chinese telecom companies stealing our technology, infiltrating our telecom networks, and […]
Cotton, Van Hollen Applaud Inclusion of ZTE Amendment in NDAA
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 […]
Cotton, Van Hollen, Schumer Introduce NDAA Amendment on Huawei and ZTE
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 […]
Cotton, Blumenthal, Durbin, and Grassley Raise Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers
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 […]
Cotton, Jones, Hill, and González Introduce Small Business Audit Correction Act
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 […]
Cotton Statement on the VA MISSION Act
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 […]
Cotton Statement on Senator McConnell’s Decision to Extend Summer Legislative Session
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 […]
Cotton Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop
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 […]
Cotton Announces 2018 U.S. Service Academy Appointees
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 […]