Cotton Votes Against Articles of Impeachment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 February 5, 2020     Cotton Votes Against Articles of Impeachment Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) released the following statement after voting against both articles of impeachment:   “The Democrats wanted to use impeachment to cast a cloud of suspicion over the president in an election year. […]

Cotton Remarks on Voting Against Articles of Impeachment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 February 5, 2020     Cotton Remarks on Voting Against Articles of Impeachment Washington, D.C. — Earlier today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) submitted remarks into the Congressional Record announcing his intent to vote against both articles of impeachment. The text of those remarks in its entirety may be found […]

Cotton Statement on State of the Union

Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) released the following statement after President Trump’s third State of the Union address:   “Tonight, the president outlined an agenda that will continue to build on the achievements of the last three years. I share his commitment to building a strong economy that helps American workers and a strong […]

Cotton Applauds China Travel Restrictions, Urges Additional Steps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 January 31, 2020   Cotton Applauds China Travel Restrictions, Urges Additional Steps   In case you missed it — Following an announcement by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar that the United States would deny entry into the country to any foreign national who poses a risk of […]

Cotton Statement on Middle East Peace Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 January 28, 2020     Cotton Statement on Middle East Peace Plan Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the administration released its Middle East peace plan, which charts a course for future relations between Israelis and Palestinians.     “I applaud the president […]

Cotton Calls for Targeted China Travel Ban to Stop Coronavirus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 January 28, 2020     Cotton Calls for Targeted China Travel Ban to Stop Coronavirus Washington, D.C. — Earlier today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter calling for the administration to take several steps to protect U.S. citizens from the coronavirus, including a ban on all commercial flights […]

Cotton Condemns U.K. Decision Allowing Huawei to Build 5G Network

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 January 28, 2020     Cotton Condemns U.K. Decision Allowing Huawei to Build 5G Network Washington, D.C. — Following the United Kingdom’s announcement that it will allow Chinese-owned Huawei to build parts of its 5G internet network, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement:   “This decision is […]

Cotton Statement on SCOTUS Granting ‘Public Charge’ Emergency Request

Washington, D.C. – Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court granted an emergency request to allow the Trump administration to begin enforcing its new ‘public charge’ rule: “The ‘public charge’ rule is based on the commonsense principle that immigration ought to benefit, not burden, the United States. Allowing this […]

Cotton Condemns DoD Decision Allowing Sales to Huawei

Washington, D.C. – Following reports that the Department of Defense has blocked proposed regulations from the Department of Commerce that would largely prevent U.S. companies from selling to Chinese-owned Huawei Technologies, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement: “I’m deeply troubled by reports that the Department of Defense blocked regulations to blacklist Huawei, an […]

Cotton, Sasse, Rubio Demand Answers from DOD on Huawei

Washington, D.C. – Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Marco Rubio (R-FL), members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to the Secretary of Defense, seeking answers regarding reports that the Department of Defense objected to Commerce Department regulations that would have made it more difficult for U.S. companies to sell to […]