Cotton Bill Overhauls Workforce Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 September 8, 2022 Cotton Bill Overhauls Workforce Education Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the American Workforce Act, a bill that overhauls workforce education. The legislation provides high school graduates with a 9,000-dollar workforce training voucher, used to participate in education programs designed by employers for jobs […]
Cotton, Colleagues Urge Against Return to Biased WTO Dispute Settlement Body
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 August 30, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Urge Against Return to Biased WTO Dispute Settlement Body Washington, D.C. — Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) today sent a letter to USTR Representative Katherine Tai urging her to keep the resurrection of […]
Cotton Statement on Court’s Blocking of Arkansas Transgender Youth Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 August 25, 2022 Cotton Statement on Court’s Blocking of Arkansas Transgender Youth Law Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a hold on Arkansas’s law to ban transgender medical interventions for children: “Our legislature voted to […]
Cotton Will Offer Alternative to Student Loan Bailout Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 August 24, 2022 Cotton Will Offer Alternative to Student Loan Bailout Plan Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after President Biden announced his plan to “forgive” student loan debt. “There is no such thing as student loan forgiveness—this is a bailout, paid for […]
Cotton Amendment Trades DHS “Green” Funding for ICE Detention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 August 6, 2022 Cotton Amendment Trades DHS “Green” Funding for ICE Detention Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced an amendment to the upcoming budget reconciliation bill that would cut $500 million currently allocated by the bill to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
Cotton Amendment Targets Fentanyl Variants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 August 6, 2022 Cotton Amendment Targets Fentanyl Variants Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced an amendment to the upcoming budget reconciliation spending bill that would eliminate the expiration date on the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) emergency scheduling of fentanyl analogues to allow for […]
Cotton Demands Answers About Delayed Missile Test Launch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 August 4, 2022 Cotton Demands Answers About Delayed Missile Test Launch Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding answers about reports that a routine missile test launch was delayed or canceled. In part, Cotton wrote, “I’ve heard reliable reports […]
Senator Cotton, Rep. Kustoff, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Stop Contraband Cellphone Use in Prisons
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 August 3, 2022 Senator Cotton, Rep. Kustoff, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Stop Contraband Cellphone Use in Prisons Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act, legislation to prevent contraband cellphone use in federal and state prison facilities by allowing state and federal prisons to use […]
Cotton Urges Colleagues to Admit Finland, Sweden to NATO
Today, the Senate exercises one of our unique and most important constitutional responsibilities, the debate and ratification of a treaty. And the NATO accession treaty for Sweden and Finland is the most consequential kind of treaty because it commits America to the mutual defense of another country. We commit, along with our NATO partners, to […]
Cotton, Colleagues Demand Biden Deny Iranian President Raisi Visa to New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 August 2, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Demand Biden Deny Iranian President Raisi Visa to New York Washington, D.C. — Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to President Joe […]