Recent News About Tom Cotton
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Cotton, Boozman, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Require Congressional Vote on Iran Sanctions Relief
Arkansas Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) and twenty-three of their colleagues in reintroducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA).
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Cotton: Biden Admin Pistol Brace Regulation Only Hurts Law-Abiding Citizens
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after he voted against the Biden administration’s rules on pistol braces
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Cotton Statement on the Introduction of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the Senate Intelligence Committee filed the Intelligence Authorization Act with a provision to cap the pay of Central Intelligence Agency employees whose work primarily focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies
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Cotton: Biden’s Billions to Iran “Abject Appeasement”
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after reports that the Biden administration’s approved releasing $2.7 billion payments to Iran—payments previously denied by U.S. sanctions
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Cotton, Boozman Join Bipartisan Effort to Expand Telehealth Access and Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) joined 56 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act (CONNECT Act).
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Cotton, Colleagues: EPA’s Proposed Emission Standards Rule Increases Costs for Americans
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan detailing how the agency’s recent proposed federal emission standards will limit choices and increase costs for Americans when buying vehicles.
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Senators Cotton, Kelly, Vance Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Boost Domestic Manufacturing and Strengthen Supply Chains
Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) today introduced the ONSHORE Act, bipartisan legislation that will help bring critical supply chains back to America by assisting communities of all sizes with the site development needed to attract manufacturing facilities.
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Cotton: Chinese Spy Facility in Cuba Cannot be Tolerated
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after news outlets reported that China reached an agreement with Cuba to build a facility to collect electronic communications in the United States
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Cotton Leads Bipartisan Letter to Commerce Department Urging Reformof Tariff Exclusion Process for American Aluminum Producers
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with six of his colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the administration to revise tariff exclusion rules previously approved for aluminum extrusion products.
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Cotton, Colleagues: Inspector General Should Investigate Colin Kahl
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and nine of his colleagues sent a letter to the Department of Defense Inspector General referring Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl for investigation.
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Cotton Commends Supreme Court for Rejecting EPA’s WOTUS Regulations
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in a 9-0 decision against the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) regulations
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Cotton Amendment Restores Vital Defense Spending
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today filed an amendment to the debt ceiling package to prevent even further cuts to critical defense spending.
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Boozman Votes to Rein in Federal Spending
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after voting in support of the Fiscal Responsibility Act
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Cotton Statement on Memorial Day
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) issued the following statement on Memorial Day
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Cotton, Shaheen, Colleagues Seek to Establish National Warrior Call Day Ahead of Memorial Day
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) recently introduced a resolution to designate November 12, 2023, as “National Warrior Call Day.”
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Cotton, Banks Introduce Legislation to Prevent Schools from Concealing Gender Transitions from Parents
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), and Rick Scott (R-Florida), today introduced the Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act, legislation that would prevent K-12 schools from performing a “gender transition” on children behind their parents’ backs.
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Cotton, Colleagues: U.S. Should Withdraw from New START Treaty
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the No START Treaty Act, legislation formally accusing Russia of breaching the New START arms control treaty and declaring America should withdraw.
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Cotton Requests Analysis of New CDC Covid Rule
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, requestingan analysis for whetherthe Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s modification of the child and adolescent vaccine schedule to include the COVID-19 vaccine should qualify as a rule for purposes of the Congressional Review Act.
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Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act, a bill that protects the First Amendment rights of students at public universities from unconstitutional speech codes and so-called free speech zones.
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Cotton, Daines, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Ban DOD from Funding or Hosting Drag Queen Performances
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) joined Sens. Steve Daines (R-Montana), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) in introducing legislation to stop the Department of Defense (DOD) from using taxpayer funds or taxpayer-funded facilities from hosting drag queen performances.