Cotton Statement on the Bombing in Baghdad
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the bombing in Baghdad: “This attack makes even clearer that ISIS’s savagery knows no boundaries of age, sect, or nationality. These barbarians have declared war against all, and they must be destroyed. My heart breaks for the families […]
Cotton Statement on the Death of Elie Wiesel
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the death of Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and author Elie Wiesel: “The Yiddish version of Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night ends on a note of despair. He fears that the force of forgetfulness, the human urge to […]
Cotton, Lee Introduce United Kingdom Trade Continuity Act
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the “United Kingdom Trade Continuity Act” Wednesday, a bill designed to promote economic stability and growth as the United Kingdom transitions out of the European Union. “Our nation’s special relationship with the United Kingdom has promoted economic prosperity […]
Senator Tom Cotton Seeking Fall Internship Applications
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) announced today he is seeking fall interns in his Washington, D.C. office and his state offices in Little Rock and Springdale. Interns will have the opportunity to experience the daily operations of Senator Cotton’s office and witness the legislative process firsthand. Depending on their […]
Cotton Recognizes Arkansans of the Week: Corporal Jason Chester & Sergeant Trey Dupuy
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 or Dylan Haney (501) 223-9081 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) this week recognized Corporal Jason Chester & Sergeant Trey Dupuy of Jonesboro, Arkansas as the “Arkansans of the Week” for their heroic rescue of a Jonesboro teenager from a storm drain. You can find the full text of Senator Cotton’s recognition […]
Cotton Testifies Before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee About the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the Ranking Member, Senator Blumenthal. And I would like the thank Senator Murray and Senator Hirono for the chance to appear before you today. I’m here today to discuss my legislation, the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act, which would expand the cemetery burial options offered […]
Cotton Co-Sponsors Legislation to Make Disability Separation Payments for Combat-Injured Veterans Tax-Exempt
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after co-sponsoring the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016, legislation originally introduced by Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) that would make disability separation payments for combat-injured veterans exempt from taxation: “When a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine is deployed […]
Cotton Recognizes Hot Springs National Park as Part of National Park Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 or Dylan Haney (501) 223-9081 Washington, D.C.– Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) recently recognized Hot Springs National 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 […]
Cotton Announces 2016 U.S. Service Academy Appointees
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today announced that 17 students from across Arkansas received and accepted appointments through his office to the United States Service Academies. “Congratulations to each of these young men and women on their appointments to our service academies. And best of luck as they embark […]
Cotton Statement on the House Select Committee on Benghazi Final Report
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the release of the Benghazi report by the final House Select Committee on Benghazi: “Today’s report confirmed what we’ve suspected all along: Secretary Clinton and the Obama administration put four Americans, including our own Ambassador, in harm’s way […]