Senator Cotton's Hudson Institute Criminal Justice Speech

This past Sunday, thousands of law-enforcement officers, their families, and other supporters gathered at the Capitol to observe Peace Officers Memorial Day. Every speech given, every tribute paid, and every prayer offered was a poignant reminder: public safety and order in our country often come at a high cost. Law and order in our communities […]

Cotton Recognizes Arkansan of the Week: Arkansas Law Enforcement

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 or Dylan Haney (501) 223-9081 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) this week recognized all Arkansas Law Enforcement Officers as this week’s “Arkansan of the Week,” in conjunction with National Police Week. You can find the full text of Senator Cotton’s recognition on the Senate Floor below, or here. A video of […]

Cotton Statement on Reports that a U.S. Attorney’s Office is Investigating the Russian Olympic Doping Scheme

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202)224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on reports that a U.S. Attorney’s office is investigating Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping scheme: “I welcome reports that a U.S. Attorney’s office is investigating Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping scheme. But the Department of Justice should not stop there. The Russian […]

Cotton Statement on SCOTUS Obamacare Contraception Mandate Case

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s order in Zubik v. Burwell: “Today’s Supreme Court order instructs the Obama administration to do what it should have done in the first place: give due respect to the sincere beliefs of the Little Sisters of […]

Cotton Statement in Observance of National Peace Officers Memorial Day

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton today released the following statement in observance of National Peace Officers Memorial Day: “Today we remember those law enforcement officers who laid down their lives protecting our communities. These men and women confronted danger head-on to protect others and gave the full measure of devotion […]

Cotton Statement on the Confirmation of a Russian Olympic Doping Scheme

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton today released the following statement on confirmation from a former Russian conspirator of a Russian Olympic doping scheme: “Confirmation from Russia’s former top doping expert that Vladimir Putin put intelligence operatives to work on a massive Olympic doping scheme makes clear once again that Russia […]

Cotton Responds to More EPA Negligence in Flint

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on revelations that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials knew of problems in Flint, Michigan four months earlier than previously reported: “We’ve known that the Obama administration sat idly by for months while the disaster in Flint got progressively worse, […]

Cotton Statement on the House v. Burwell Obamacare Decision

Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Federal Court ruling that the Obama administration has been improperly funding an Obamacare subsidy program: “It’s little surprising that President Obama once again broke the law to force his will on the American people. Time and time […]