Cotton Statement on Confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education: “President Trump has assembled a first-class team for his Cabinet, and obstructing all of these confirmation votes is only delaying the important work that needs to be […]
Cotton Discusses Renewing American Strength Abroad at AEI
Thank you all very much for that kind welcome. Thank you, Fred, and thank you to the American Enterprise Institute for once again hosting me, especially in the new digs – very nice. I’m looking forward to our discussion later today, first with Fred and me and then with all of you. But, at the […]
Cotton Statement Congratulating Queen Elizabeth II on her Sapphire Jubilee
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement congratulating Queen Elizabeth II on her Sapphire Jubilee: “In her 65 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II has been a source of strength and stability to the British people. She also has been as steadfast of […]
Cotton Statement on New Sanctions Against Iran
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the Trump administration announced new sanctions against Iran: “The president said we were putting Iran on notice, and I’m glad to see he’s as good as his word. Iran’s ayatollahs will stop their provocations only if […]
Cotton Statement on President Trump’s Selection of Gina Haspel to Serve as Deputy Director of the CIA
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement following the announcement that President Trump has selected Gina Haspel to serve as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: “Over many years of hard work, Gina Haspel has earned the deep respect of her colleagues throughout […]
Cotton Statement on Iran’s Recent Provocations
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. -Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement in response to Iran’s recent provocations: “I join the administration in condemning Iran’s provocative and dangerous behavior. The last administration might have been willing to look the other way, but the Iranian regime should be aware this administration and […]
Cotton Statement on President Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch
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 Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch: “In nominating Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, President Trump has chosen a well-respected judge with a distinguished body of work. The Supreme Court, including the next justice, […]
Cotton Meets with Agriculture Secretary Nominee Sonny Perdue
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after meeting with the nominee for Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, former Governor Sonny Perdue: “I had an excellent conversation with Sonny Perdue today. Coming from Georgia, he has a special understanding of the needs of southern […]
Cotton Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on President Trump’s executive order on refugees: “It’s simply wrong to call the president’s executive order concerning immigration and refugees ‘a religious test’ of any kind. I doubt many Arkansans or Americans more broadly object to taking a […]
Cotton Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Today I join with Jews across our country and around the world to say both ‘never forget’ and ‘never again.’ The Holocaust is a stain on the history of the […]