Senators Cotton, Gillibrand Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Give Military Families with Children Better Support and More Flexibility
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today introduced new bipartisan legislation that would give military families with children better support and more flexibility when they use child-care facilities on military installations or seek child care from […]
Draft Text of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
Click HERE for the draft text of H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
Senators Cotton, Coons, Durbin, Hirono Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Patent Holders, Inventors
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R- Ark.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Haw.) today introduced the STRONGER Patents Act to protect and support inventors and innovators and ensure that our patent system protects this essential property right. The STRONGER (Support Technology & Research for […]
Cotton Speaks on the Senate Floor about Criminal Justice Reform
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Last year, a woman named Carol Denise Richardson was released from federal prison after President Obama granted her clemency. She’d been serving a life sentence for possessing and intending to distribute 50 or more grams of cocaine-on top of having an already lengthy criminal record. But she hadn’t done anything […]
Cotton Congratulates Arkansas Banks on Being Recognized as Top-Performing Lenders
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 or Dylan Haney (501) 223-9081 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement congratulating four Arkansas banks on being recognized by the Independent Community Bankers of America as top-performing lenders: “I want to congratulate these Arkansas banks on being cited among the nation’s top-performing lenders. […]
Cotton Statement on the Death of Otto Warmbier
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the death of Otto Warmbier: “Like all Arkansans, I extend my deepest condolences to the Warmbier family. It’s pretty clear what happened: the North Koreans kidnapped an American citizen, tortured him, and sent him home just before […]
Cotton Statement on U.S.S. Fitzgerald Accident
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the loss of seven sailors in an accident involving the U.S.S. Fitzgerald: “I want to offer my condolences to the family and friends of the seven sailors we lost on the U.S.S. Fitzgerald yesterday. There is […]
Arkansas Delegation Announces Grant for State Drinking Water Program
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman today announced that the Arkansas Department of Health will receive $361,120 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support drinking water systems across the state. “Arkansans deserve access […]
Cotton Statement on New Afghanistan Strategy
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on President Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy: “We went into Afghanistan to avenge the 9/11 attacks and prevent them from ever happening again. But for too long, politics were put ahead of sound military planning, and as this war has dragged on, […]
Cotton Statement on Rescission of DAPA
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or “DAPA,” policy: “This was a deeply irresponsible policy from the start. It essentially said to illegal […]