Tag Archives: Senator Tom Cotton

December 8, 2016 Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement applauding Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2017: “Today the Senate passed a critical defense funding bill that will ensure the United States military remains the best fighting force in the world.  And it will provide our troops with the best training, equipment in ...

Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the House unanimously passed the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act. “Tonight the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act is on it’s way to the President’s desk to be signed into law. Soon hundreds of veterans who honorably served our country will have access to expanded burial options ...

Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) yesterday [December 5, 2016] introduced the Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act, legislation that would restore the ability of Arkansas catfish farmers, as well as other aquaculture producers, to kill double-crested cormorants that attack their catfish crops during the winter months. “There are few crops more closely associated with Arkansas than catfish. Arkansas catfish farmers ...

Washington, D.C. –  Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after Arkansas cheese dip won out over Texas queso during a blind “Taste Test” among Republican Senators this afternoon [Wednesday, December 7, 2016]: “We’re happy our colleagues validated what we’ve known all along: Arkansas cheese dip is the best in the United States, and the world. Thank you to Heights ...

December 5, 2016 Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) joined Senator Cory Gardner and 21 of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama requesting his Administration stop issuing non-emergency rules and regulations in the final weeks of his term. Gardner and his colleagues stressed to the President that the American people made it clear on November ...

Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today [December 1, 2016] released the following statement on the Iran Sanctions Extension Act: “Today the Senate took action to extend authorities to sanction Iran, if and when Iran violates the terms of the nuclear agreement. These sanctions are critical to holding Iran accountable and it would be deeply irresponsible and dangerous if President ...

Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today [Wednesday, November 16, 2016] spoke on Senate floor about his intention to offer a  $26 billion emergency- spending defense supplemental for FY 2017. Click here to watch the video in full. Additionally, the full text of his remarks is available below. The world may be more unstable than ever. The security architecture that ...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), a Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) Commissioner, and Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Co-Chair of the CECC, today introduced the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, legislation that would renew the United States’ historical commitment to freedom and democracy in Hong Kong at a time when its autonomy is increasingly under assault. The ...

“What they see in you at the Tomb is why the military remains the most respected institution in our society today.  It’s not what you do, it’s who you are.  It’s not our victories on the battlefield, impressive as those are, it’s the character you display.  It’s the character that has withstood physical hardship and the elements and the stresses ...

Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the Obama administration announced that premiums for Obamacare will increase by twenty-five percent next year: “Yesterday [October 24,2016], the administration confirmed another Obamacare broken promise. Despite the President’s claims that Obamacare would lower the cost of premiums, Americans will pay on average 25 percent more than last year. ...