Cotton Introduces Bill to Outlaw Dangerous New Opioid Isotonitazene
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 22, 2020 Cotton Introduces Bill to Outlaw Dangerous New Opioid Isotonitazene Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced a bill that would permanently ban isotonitazene, or “iso,” a dangerous synthetic opioid with no legitimate medical or industrial use. Like fentanyl, iso is […]
Cotton Introduces Bill to Prioritize Hong Kong Refugees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 21, 2020 Cotton Introduces Bill to Prioritize Hong Kong Refugees Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced The Hong Kong Refugee Protection Act, a bill that designates Hong Kong as a priority refugee area with up to 25,000 additional visas per year for the next […]
Cotton, Colleagues Urge President to Sanction Iran’s Financial Sector
Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Rick Scott (R-Florida), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) today sent a letter to President Trump urging him to impose sanctions on the entirety of Iran’s financial sector pursuant to Executive Order 13902, which was signed earlier […]
Cotton Introduces Bill to End China’s Permanent Most-Favored-Nation Status
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 17, 2020 Cotton Introduces Bill to End China’s Permanent Most-Favored-Nation Status Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced a bill that would strip China of its permanent most-favored-nation status—also known as Permanent Normal Trade Relations—a designation it has held for the last […]
Cotton, Boozman, Colleagues Send Letter to FCC Chairman on Combatting Contraband Cellphones in Prisons
Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) today led a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to continue to push the federal telecommunications agency to address the rampant use of contraband devices within federal, state, and local prisons that are being used to commit crimes outside […]
Cotton, Gallagher Raise Chinese Lobbying Concerns to DOJ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 15, 2020 Cotton, Gallagher Raise Chinese Lobbying Concerns to DOJ Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Representative Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr with concerns about the lobbying registration practices of Chinese military companies in […]
Cotton Statement on Agreement Between Israel and Bahrain
Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and Bahrain: “Today’s agreement between Israel and Bahrain is yet another vital step toward peace in the Middle East. I congratulate Prime Minister Netanyahu and King Hamad for reaching this agreement, and the president and […]
Cotton Appointed to Opioid Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 11, 2020 Cotton Appointed to Opioid Commission Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has been appointed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking. Created by Senators Cotton and Schumer in their Fentanyl Sanctions Act—which was passed […]
Cotton Statement on September 11th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 11, 2020 Cotton Statement on September 11th Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: “Nineteen years ago, Al Qaeda terrorists attacked our country because they thought we […]
Senator Cotton Honored to be on Supreme Court List
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 9, 2020 Senator Cotton Honored to be on Supreme Court List Washington, D.C. — Earlier today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) was named as a potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee by President Trump. After the announcement, Senator Cotton released the following statement: “I’m […]