DEA Confirms: Unlawful to Sell Morphine-Laced Poppy Seeds That Killed Arkansas Student
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 December 12, 2019 DEA Confirms: Unlawful to Sell Morphine-Laced Poppy Seeds That Killed Arkansan Washington, D.C. — The Drug Enforcement Administration has clarified that selling morphine-laced, unwashed poppy seeds—the kind that killed Arkansan Stephen Hacala Jr.—violates the Controlled Substances Act. Earlier this year, Senator Cotton […]
Cotton, Schumer Bill Cracking Down on Chinese Fentanyl Included in Defense Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 December 11, 2019 Cotton, Schumer Bill Cracking Down on Chinese Fentanyl Included in Defense Bill Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) today announced that their Fentanyl Sanctions Act has been included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, […]
Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill Imposing Sanctions on Drug Cartels
Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), David Perdue (R-Georgia), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) today introduced the Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act, legislation that would subject certain foreign criminal organizations like drug […]
Cotton Secures Arkansas Interests in National Defense Authorization Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 December 11, 2019 Cotton Secures Arkansas Interests in National Defense Authorization Act Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Airland Subcommittee in the Senate Armed Services Committee, released a statement on the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. Senator Cotton […]
Cotton Statement on Justice Department Report Concerning Russia Investigation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 December 9, 2019 Cotton Statement on Justice Department Report Concerning Russia Investigation Washington, D.C. — After the Department of Justice released Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on the origins of the Russia investigation, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement: “The Inspector General’s report is clear that […]
Cotton Statement on Decision Banning Russia From Olympics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 December 9, 2019 Cotton Statement on Decision Banning Russia From Olympics Washington, D.C. — Following an announcement that the World Anti-Doping Agency had banned Russia from international sports after a doping scandal, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement: “Vladimir Putin’s pathetic Olympic doping scheme once again […]
Cotton Statement on Further Delay of Death Penalty for White Supremacist and Murderer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 December 6, 2019 Cotton Statement on Further Delay of Death Penalty for White Supremacist and Murderer Washington, D.C. — After a federal court in Indiana granted a stay of execution to convicted murderer Daniel Lewis Lee, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement: “Justice should come quickly […]
Cotton Statement on Strengthening Food Stamp Work Requirements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 December 4, 2019 Cotton Statement on Strengthening Food Stamp Work Requirements Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture announced a rule that would strengthen work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]
Cotton Condemns Chinese Concentration Camps in Xinjiang Province
The New York Times has recently obtained a secret trove of documents from the highest ranks of the Chinese Communist Party. Those documents reveal some chilling, terrifying details about Beijing’s campaign to stamp out all dissent and religious diversity in Xinjiang Province in northwest China, where the Party has concentrated more than one million Uighurs, […]
Cotton Statement on Thanksgiving
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement marking the Thanksgiving holiday: “From the Cotton family to yours, we wish you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving. “Nearly 400 years ago, our Pilgrim Fathers and the Native Americans shared the bounty of the New World at the first Thanksgiving. […]