Members of Arkansas Delegation Announce $5.9 Million FAA Grant for Clinton National Airport Project
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressman French Hill, today announced that the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport will receive $5.9 millionfrom the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to rehabilitate the taxiway at Adams Field. The grant money will be used to fund phase […]
Cotton Recognizes Arkansan of the Week: Jess Forster
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 or Dylan Haney (501) 223-9081 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) this week recognized Jess Forster of Little Rock, Arkansas as “Arkansan of the Week,” for her work as the K-8 Director at eStem Public Charter Schools in Little Rock. You can find the full text of Senator Cotton’s recognition […]
Cotton Sponsors the No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) yesterday sponsored the No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act, originally introduced by Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota). This bill seeks to address problems in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Crisis Line (VCL). Specifically it requires the VA to implement […]
Cotton Questions Banking Committee Witnesses on the Dangers of the $1.7 Billion Cash Ransom Paid to Iran
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.– Today, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) questioned former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman on the terror-financing risk of the $1.7 billion cash ransom paid to Iran by the Obama administration. The witnesses also […]
Cotton Recognizes Pea Ridge National Military Park as Part of National Park Initiative
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 or Dylan Haney (501) 223-9081 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) recently recognized Pea Ridge National Military Park in the Congressional Record as part of his initiative to highlight Arkansas’s National Parks and Historic Sites in celebration of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. You can find the full text […]
Cotton Statement on Senate Passage of the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Senate passage of the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act, legislation that would expand the cemetery burial options offered by the VA to financially insolvent veterans: “I’m pleased the Senate unanimously passed this important bill. Charles Duncan and […]
Cotton Statement on the FDA’s Accelerated Approval of an Important Muscular Dystrophy Drug
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) accelerated approval of an important Muscular Dystrophy drug: “I’m pleased the FDA gave accelerated approval to an important drug used to treat a form of muscular dystrophy that affects boys. In Arkansas, there […]
Cotton Statement on Report Indicating Citizenship Mistakenly Granted to 858-1,811 Individuals
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement today regarding a report released by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General indicating that between 858 and 1,811 individuals-some of whom hailed from countries posing national security risks-may have been improperly granted U.S. citizenship despite […]
Cotton, Wilson Introduce Bill to Deter the President from Bypassing Congress on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and […]
Members of the Arkansas Delegation Announce $5.8 Million FAA Grant for Rogers Airport Improvement
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202)224-2353 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman, along with Congressman Steve Womack, today announced that Rogers Executive Airport will receive $5.8 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to strengthen the airport’s runway at Carter Field. The project includes a full-depth runway keel reconstruction, mill and overlay of […]