Cotton, Loeffler Introduce Bill Package Cracking Down on Rioters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 9, 2020   Cotton, Loeffler Introduce Bill Package Cracking Down on Rioters   Washington, D.C. — Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) have introduced a series of bills intended to crack down on the rioters ransacking America’s cities.    (1) The No Catch-and-Release for […]

Cotton Statement on Vandalism of Little Rock Fallen Officers Memorial

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 3, 2020   Cotton Statement on Vandalism of Little Rock Fallen Officers Memorial   Washington, D.C. — After the Little Rock Police Memorial for Fallen Officers was defaced by the words “defund the police,” Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement:   “The vandalism of […]

Cotton Statement on Sanctions Against ICC Prosecutor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 September 2, 2020   Cotton Statement on Sanctions Against ICC Prosecutor   Washington, D.C. — Following reports that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced sanctions against International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement:   “The United States will not […]

Cotton Applauds DOJ FISA Reforms

Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after Attorney General Barr announced reforms to the FISA program: “Attorney General Barr continues to make necessary reforms to the Department of Justice’s FISA procedures. An FBI Office of Internal Auditing and new directives guarding against FISA abuses-common under James Comey and the […]

Cotton Bill to Block Unemployment Funds for Rioters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold  (202) 734-0430 August 31, 2020   Cotton Bill to Block Unemployment Funds for Rioters   Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has introduced the Support Peaceful Protest Act, a bill that would make people convicted of federal offenses as part of riots ineligible for virus-related federal unemployment […]

Cotton Statement on Snapback Sanctions Against Iran

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 August 20, 2020   Cotton Statement on Snapback Sanctions Against Iran   Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo notified the United Nations that the United States will seek the reinstatement of all U.N. sanctions on Iran:   “The […]

Cotton Statement on Final Russia Investigation Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430 August 18, 2020   Cotton Statement on Final Russia Investigation Report   Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued the fifth and final volume of its bipartisan Russia investigation. Senator Cotton also authored additional views on the report. […]

Cotton Statement on the Normalization of Relations Between Israel and the United Arab Emirates

Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the administration announced an agreement was reached to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates: “This deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates moves us closer to a peaceful and stable Middle East. I commend President Trump and Secretary […]

Cotton Reacts to Chinese Sanctions

Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after China announced sanctions against him: “The Chinese Communist Party imposed these impotent sanctions against me because I defend the real victims of Chinese Communism: the millions of Americans harmed by the Wuhan coronavirus, the workers whose factories shut down and moved offshore […]

Cotton Statement on 8th Circuit Ruling on Dismemberment Abortions

Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals vacated an injunction imposed by the district court preventing enforcement of Arkansas’s law prohibiting “dismemberment abortions”: “After years of obstruction and delay, Arkansas is one step closer to protecting unborn babies from the barbaric method […]