Cotton, Colleagues Support Buffington Petition for Veteran Disability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 February 7, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Support Buffington Petition for Veteran Disability Washington, D.C. — Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) today filed an amicus brief to support a review of Buffington v. McDonough before the Supreme Court. In 2009, the Department of […]
Cotton, Colleagues Call on Biden to Enforce Sanctions on Iranian Oil Tankers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 January 28, 2022 Cotton, Colleagues Call on Biden to Enforce Sanctions on Iranian Oil Tankers Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and nine of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that he enforce mandatory sanctions against the growing fleet of oil tankers selling Iranian oil and against […]
Cotton Statement on Justice Breyer’s Retirement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 January 27, 2022 Cotton Statement on Justice Breyer’s Retirement Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: “While I didn’t often agree with Justice Breyer’s jurisprudence, I honor and thank him for his decades […]
Cotton Demands Answers from Education Secretary About Collaboration with Teachers Union to Intimidate Parents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 January 24, 2022 Cotton Demands Answers from Education Secretary About Collaboration with Teachers Union to Intimidate Parents Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona asking about his involvement in a letter that the National Education Association (NEA) sent to tech leaders requesting […]
Cotton Defends Senate Rules and Traditions
Inflation is at its highest level in 40 years. Drug overdose deaths and illegal border crossings are at record levels. The murder rate is the highest since the 1990s. Russian troops are massing on Ukraine’s border, and the President of the United States just greenlighted Vladimir Putin to invade. And China is continuing its aggression. […]
Cotton: NBA Should Force Warriors’ Palihapitiya to Sell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 January 18, 2022 Cotton: NBA Should Force Warriors’ Palihapitiya to Sell Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement regarding Golden State Warrior part-owner Chamath Palihapitiya’s comments dismissing the religious genocide against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region of China: “Woke CEO Chamath Palihapitiya said no […]
Chuck Schumer* Speaks in Defense of Filibuster
“Right now, we are on the precipice of a constitutional crisis. We are about to step into the abyss. I want to talk for a few minutes why we are on that precipice and why we are looking into that abyss. “Let me first ask a fundamental question: What is the crisis that calls for […]
Cotton, Kelly Introduce Bill to End Reliance on China for Rare-Earth Elements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 January 14, 2022 Cotton, Kelly Introduce Bill to End Reliance on China for Rare-Earth Elements Washington, D.C. — Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) today introduced the Restoring Essential Energy and Security Holdings Onshore for Rare Earths (REEShore) Act to protect America from the threat of […]
Cotton, Boozman Ask SBA to Improve Services for Arkansans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 January 12, 2022 Cotton, Boozman Ask SBA to Improve Services for Arkansans Washington, D.C. – Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration asking that the agency improve its constituent services, especially related to the Paycheck Protection Program […]
Cotton Bill Blocks Biden Plan to Place Men in Female Prisons
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353 January 12, 2022 Cotton Bill Blocks Biden Plan to Place Men in Female Prisons Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act, legislation to prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from housing prisoners with persons of the opposite sex. Text of […]