Cotton Statement on the GAO’s Report Suggesting that the Obama Administration is Ignoring Federal Law
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Government Accountability Office’s report suggesting that the Obama administration is ignoring federal law and illegally sending payments to health insurers instead of to the Treasury as required by Obamacare: “Yesterday’s GAO report confirmed what we have long […]
Cotton Statement on WSJ Report that the U.S. Signed Simultaneous Secret Documents with Iran in Apparent Quid Pro Quo for U.S. Hostages
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement regarding the Wall Street Journal report that Administration officials simultaneously signed agreements to pay Iran $1.7 billion, lift sanctions on Iranian banks, and arrange the release of U.S. hostages. The agreements were signed by the same officials, in the same […]
Senators Introduce Legislation to Cut Off Funding For Palestinian Terror Attacks
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) joined Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Dan Coats (R-Indiana) and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) in introducing The Taylor Force Act which would require the Secretary of State to certify the Palestinian Authority has ended its policy of paying monetary rewards to terrorists and their surviving […]
Cotton Statement on the Passing of Shimon Peres
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) tonight released the following statement on the death of former Israeli President Shimon Peres: “Tonight we mourn the death of a true leader for Israel and for the world. His is an illustrious legacy. We will remember him for his central role in making […]
South Arkansas Community College Awarded $788,587 Grant
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas), and Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Arkansas) each issued the following statements congratulating South Arkansas Community College on its award of a $788,587 grant from the Economic Development Administration to construct the Advance Manufacturing Training Center in El Dorado. “Congratulations to […]
Cotton Statement on U.N. Security Council Resolution on Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement today after the United Nations Security Council voted to approve a resolution related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): “Let there be no doubt: had my colleagues and I not vowed to defund the agency tasked with […]
Cotton, Boozman Join Colleagues to Urge President Obama to Refrain From ‘No First Use’ Nuclear Policy
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 WASHINGTON- Arkansas’s U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton joined Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and 27 of their Senate colleagues in urging President Obama to refrain from implementing the dangerous and irresponsible ‘no first use’ nuclear weapons policy. In a letter to President Barack Obama, the senators underscore the strategic […]
Cotton Introduces the Safely Advancing Valuable and Inexpensive New Generic Solutions Act
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Safely Advancing Valuable and Inexpensive New Generic Solutions Act, or the SAVINGS Act, legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the review process for both the first and the second introduced generic drugs. It would also […]
Cotton Speaks on the Senate Floor in Support of Law Enforcement
Today, I want to talk about the brave men and women who put their lives on the line each day to keep us safe: law enforcement officers. Last month, I spent much of my time meeting with various law enforcement agencies across Arkansas. In the wake of the shooting in Dallas and other violence against […]
Arkansas Congressional Delegation Requests Federal Disaster Assistance for Counties
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), French Hill (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3) and Bruce Westerman (AR-4), today urged U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to support Governor Asa Hutchinson’s request for a major disaster declaration for Arkansas. Following a storm […]