Cotton Meets with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today met with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis in Riga, Latvia as part of a weeklong overseas official trip that also included stops in Norway and Sweden. Senator Cotton and President Vejonis had a heartening discussion on the strong ties between the American and Latvian […]
Cotton Sends Letter in Support of Arkansas Baptist College’s Pursuit of Federal Depository Library Designation
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) Friday sent a letter to the Government Publishing Office in support of the J.C. Oliver Library at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock, Arkansas being designated a Federal Depository Library, as authorized by the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). “This facility is an important […]
Cotton Joins Senate and House Colleagues in Urging Obama Administration To Rescind Misguided ITAR Guidance
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana) and Representative Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) in a bicameral effort urging the Obama administration to rescind the July 22, 2016 guidance under the International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) that declared that gunsmithing is “manufacturing” of a firearm and thus […]
Cotton Statement on Reports that Iran has Deployed Russian-supplied S-300 Missile System at Fordow
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on new reports that Iran has deployed the Russian-supplied S-300 missiles at its Fordow nuclear site: “This is yet another indication that the Administration’s Iran policy is only emboldening the ayatollahs in Tehran. Anyone outside of the echo chamber […]
Month in Review: Cotton Embarks on Arkansas Law Enforcement Appreciation Tour
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.– Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) spent the month of August meeting with various law enforcement agencies across Arkansas to learn more about their operations and to discuss ways Congress and the federal government can help law enforcement professionals. In the wake of recent violence against police, Senator Cotton wanted […]
Cotton Statement on the State Department’s Confirmation that the $400 Million Payment to Iran was Contingent on the Release of Four Prisoners
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the State Department’s confirmation that the $400 million payment to Iran was contingent on the release of four prisoners: “The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ransom as ‘money that is paid in order to free someone who has been captured […]
Cotton Statement on Reports Confirming the U.S. held the $400 Million Payment to Iran Until Four Prisoners Were Released
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on new reports confirming the United States held the $400 million payment to Iran until four prisoners were released: “Reports today confirm what many of us have suspected all along: the $400 million payment to Iran was a ransom […]
Cotton Statement on Russia’s Designation of the International Republican Institute as an “Undesirable Organization"
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation announced that the International Republican Institute (IRI) has been designated as an “undesirable organization”: “If the Russian government were the democracy it claims to be, it would not fear a pro-democracy […]
Cotton Statement on the Transfer of Fifteen Inmates from Guantanamo Bay
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the transfer of 15 inmates from Guantanamo Bay: “As the president makes a reckless dash to secure his so-called legacy, we should remember that not every legacy is positive. Each release of a detainee lets another terrorist return […]
Cotton Statement on the Growing Opposition to Obama’s Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament Agenda
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on reports that both key foreign partners and top Obama administration officials are pushing back against his plan to announce a unilateral “No First Use” policy, an unwise move that would undermine strategic stability and cause allies to question […]