Cotton Honors 36th Anniversary of the Beirut Bombing on the Senate Floor
Thirty-six years ago this week, an Iranian suicide bomber detonated thousands of pounds of explosives inside a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon. So terrible was the blast that 15 miles out at sea, Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima could see black smoke building over Beirut like an ominous storm cloud. The devastating attack claimed […]
Cotton Remembers Army Corporal Jerry Garrison of Lamar, Arkansas on the Senate Floor
Army Corporal Jerry Garrison was reported missing in action on December 2, 1950. After all these years, Corporal Garrison is on his way home to be laid to rest with the full honor due to a member of the United States Armed Forces. Corporal Garrison was one of “The Chosin Few” who fought on that […]
Cotton Statement on North Macedonia’s Accession into NATO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 October 22, 2019 Cotton Statement on North Macedonia’s Accession into NATO Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) issued the following statement following the Senate’s vote ratifying North Macedonia’s accession into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: “For 70 years, the NATO alliance has served as a […]
Cotton, Colleagues Call for NBA to Stand Against CCP Censorship and Bullying
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska), along with Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin), yesterday sent a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver about the league’s shameful response to Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. The […]
Cotton Demands Answers From Intelligence Community IG
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Michael Atkinson, Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, after his evasive testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence during a closed hearing on September 26. Inspector General Atkinson repeatedly refused to answer questions about […]
Cotton Applauds Decision to Blacklist Several Chinese Tech Companies
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the administration’s decision to blacklist several Chinese technology companies: “I applaud the administration’s decision to blacklist 28 additional Chinese entities, ensuring that sensitive American technology will no longer be used to build the Communist […]
Cotton Statement on Russia’s Open Skies Treaty Violations
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Russia’s violations of the Open Skies Treaty: “Vladimir Putin has violated the Open Skies Treaty for years while continuing to benefit from surveillance flights over the United States. The president should withdraw from the […]
Cotton, Colleagues Send Letter to Microsoft President Detailing Huawei’s Threat to National Security
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) today sent a letter to Microsoft President Brad Smith in response to his recent comments that the U.S. government should provide more evidence of wrongdoing […]
Cotton, Ernst Introduce Legislation to Hold States Accountable for Botched Abortions
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) last week introduced legislation that would require states to report information about abortion to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including cases where infants are born alive during abortions. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Mike […]
Cotton Statement on the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China
Contact Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China: “To see the price of the PRC’s anniversary celebration, look no further than what’s happening in Hong Kong: a ceaseless war against […]