Speech on the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility at the Heritage Foundation
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Next month marks the anniversary of President Obama’s vow to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The president placed great importance on Guantanamo’s closure. He chose this initiative-out of all the issues he faced as a new President-as the subject of his very first executive order-first of very, […]
Cotton Delivers Floor Speech on the Terrorist Watch List and Background Checks
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 I’d like to respond to what I heard earlier this morning from the Democratic Leader, from the Assistant Democratic leader, what we heard from the President on Sunday night. The Democrats would have you believe that any person on a terrorist watch list can go into a federally licensed firearm […]
Cotton Statement on the World Trade Organization's Decision Authorizing More Than $1 Billion in Tariffs on American Goods
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) decision authorizing Canada and Mexico to place more than $1 billion in tariffs on American goods: “Unfortunately, these tariffs come as little surprise given the impact COOL regulations have had on our trade relationships […]
Cotton Statement on the President’s Address on National Security
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) tonight released the following statement reacting to President Obama’s Oval Office Address on national security: “President Obama is a wartime president who doesn’t seem to realize it. Fourteen Americans were slaughtered by Islamic terrorists, but the President is dangerously detached from reality, lecturing us […]
Cotton Statement on the NSA's Inability to Directly Access Phone Records in the California Terror Case
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the FBI’s inability to access NSA phone records in the California Terror Case: “On Wednesday two terrorists killed 14 innocent people and injured 21 in San Bernandino, California. The hours and days that follow an attack of this […]
Cotton Statement on the Senate’s Vote to Repeal Obamacare
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote to repeal Obamacare: “Obamacare remains a fundamentally flawed law that is hurting thousands of Arkansans with higher premiums and copays, higher taxes, and lost jobs. President Obama promised that if Americans liked their plans and […]
Cotton, King Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Counterterrorism Tools in Wake of Paris, San Bernardino Attacks
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- In the wake of the brutal terrorist attacks in Paris last month, as well as initial reports that this week’s attack in San Bernardino may be tied to terrorism, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today introduced legislation that would ensure that U.S. counterterrorism officials […]
Arkansas Senators Will Place Hold on Confirmation of Obama Nominee Until They Get Answers on Clean Line
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.– Arkansas U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton today announced they are placing a hold on the confirmation vote of President Obama’s nominee for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Under Secretary for Management and Performance, Victoria Marie Beacher Wassmer, because of the department’s insufficient response to the Arkansas […]
Cotton Introduces the Liberty Through Strength Act II
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) will today introduce the Liberty Through Strength Act II, which would stop the Obama administration from deleting all records of terrorist communications and make permanent congressional authorizations for counterterrorism tools that are vital to tracking and stopping attacks on Americans. “On Sunday our constitutional, […]
Cotton Seeking Spring Internship Applications
Contact: Caroline Rabbitt (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) announced today he is seeking spring interns in his Washington, D.C. office and his state offices in Little Rock, Jonesboro, and Springdale. Internships will be offered in two sessions: January 26, 2016 – March 26, 2016 and March 29, 2016 – May 31, 2016. […]