Cotton Questions Army Chief of Staff About Army Readiness and Modernization
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) during a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing today questioned Army Chief of Staff General Mark A. Milley about both Army readiness and modernization. General Milley testified that increasing the size of the force without budgetary increases would result in a hollow Army. Senator Cotton […]
Cotton Speaks on the Senate Floor About Iranian Access to U.S. Financial Sector
When Obama administration officials sold the president’s nuclear deal last summer to the American people, they were clearly sensitive to charges that they gave too much away. They knew that giving Iran $100 billion dollars we could never get back in exchange for a mere temporary deal that expired in 10 to 15 years would […]
Cotton Statement on the Indictment of “Mr. Social Security”
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the indictment of Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn for his alleged role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $600 million in federal disability payments: “The indictment of Eric C. Conn – a Kentucky attorney who called […]
Cotton Statement on WhatsApp and Facebook’s Decision to Fully Expand End-to-End Encryption on WhatsApp's Services
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on WhatsApp and Facebook’s decision to add end-to-end encryption on all of WhatsApp’s services: “The WhatsApp and Facebook decision to add end-to-end encryption to all of WhatsApp’s services with no secure method to comply with valid search warrants continues […]
Cotton Questions NSA Director About Data Security and Cybersecurity
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.– Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) during a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing today questioned NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers about data security, encryption, and cybersecurity policies in the wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Excerpts from his questions can be found below. Additionally, click here to watch the video […]
Cotton Statement on HUD’s Use of Disparate Impact to Find Discrimination in Housing Based on Criminal Records
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Housing and Urban Development Department’s intent to use the statistical theory of disparate impact to overrule local housing providers’ decisions to deny housing on the basis of criminal history: “There are no lengths to which this administration […]
Cotton to Highlight Arkansas’s National Parks in Honor of the National Parks Service’s 100th Anniversary
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.-Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today unveiled a new initiative to recognize each of Arkansas’s national parks in celebration of the National Parks Service 100th anniversary this year. Over the next year, Senator Cotton will release several graphics featuring each of Arkansas’s national parks or historic sites. Senator Cotton will […]
Cotton Joins 42 Senators in Filing Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Challenging Obama Administration’s Immigration Executive Actions
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and 41 of their fellow Senate Republicans in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a challenge by a majority of the nation’s governors and attorneys general of the […]
Cotton Statement on the Reduction of the U.S. Stockpile of Nuclear Material
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Obama administration’s announcement of a 20 percent reduction in the U.S. stockpile of nuclear material: “President Obama’s trumpeting of a reduction in the U.S. stockpile of nuclear material is emblematic of his failed non-proliferation policies. President Obama […]
Cotton Statement on Reports that the Obama Administration May Lift Sanctions that Block Iranian Access to U.S. Financial System
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement regarding reports that the Obama Administration may lift sanctions that block Iranian access to the U.S. financial system: “Since signing the nuclear deal one year ago, Iran has continued its provocations of the United States and enhanced its push […]