Cotton: Diversity Lottery Is a Threat to Our National Security
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the revelation that the man who committed yesterday’s terrorist attack in New York City came to the U.S. through the notoriously flawed diversity visa lottery program: “Yesterday’s attack was an outrage, especially because it was entirely […]
Cotton Statement on Nomination of Eddie Joe Williams as Federal Representative to the Southern States Energy Board
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the nomination of Eddie Joe Williams as Federal Representative to the Southern States Energy Board: “This is a very good choice. Eddie Joe Williams has extensive experience in both the private and public sector. He understands […]
Cotton Responds to Cordray’s Comments on Senate Vote to Repeal CFPB’s Arbitration Rule
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray’s comments following the Senate vote to repeal the CFPB’s arbitration rule: “Richard Cordray runs an undemocratic agency and he seems to have forgotten the principle of democratic accountability. The […]
Cotton Statement on Senate Vote to Repeal the CFPB’s Arbitration Rule
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Senate vote to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule: “This is good news for the American consumer. A ban on arbitration clauses would very likely have resulted in lower reward payments for wronged […]
Cotton Applauds Senate Intelligence Committee Advancing Bipartisan Legislation Extending Vital Intelligence Programs
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence passed legislation by a vote of 12-3 to extend Title VII of FISA, including Section 702: “Today, the Senate Intelligence Committee rightly passed legislation that will reauthorize one of […]
Senator Tom Cotton Seeking Spring Internship Applications
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) announced today he is seeking spring interns in his Washington, D.C. office. Interns will have the opportunity to experience the daily operations of Senator Cotton’s office and witness the legislative process firsthand. Depending on their university’s requirements, students may be able to […]
Cotton and Toomey Introduce the Mandate Relief Act of 2017
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) today introduced the Mandate Relief Act of 2017 to help hardworking Americans who are struggling under Obamacare’s individual mandate. “Imposing the individual mandate opened a Pandora’s box of unintended consequences. Instead of stabilizing the insurance markets, it […]
Cotton Statement on President Trump’s Decision to Decertify the Iran Deal
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to not certify the Iran deal: “In choosing not to certify the Iran deal, President Trump made the right decision. The current deal paves the way to a nuclear weapon for Iran, so […]
Cotton Statement on Cotton-Corker Legislative Strategy to Address Flaws in Iran Nuclear Deal
Washington, D.C. – Ahead of President Donald Trump’s announcement on Iran later today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on his work on a comprehensive legislative strategy to address flaws in the nuclear agreement: “Lawmakers need to do now what we couldn’t do two years ago: unite around an Iran strategy that truly […]
Cotton Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt Tabler (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, citing the organization’s anti-Israeli bias: “The United States’s withdrawal from UNESCO is long overdue. The organization has taken unilateral action […]