Tom Cotton: “I have advised the President against this ill-advised action in the past and I now urge him to reconsider.”

Recent reporting and investigations suggest Chinese criminal networks are exploiting vulnerabilities in federal law to operate expansive illicit drug enterprises that threaten our communities and national security.

At a time of heightened international instability, federal policy should be focused on bringing additional domestic supply to market as quickly as reasonably possible.

We write requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the growing role of Chinese transnational criminal organizations in America’s cannabis and intoxicating-hemp markets.

Allowing on-road use of red diesel will give Arkansas farmers much-needed relief. This is a welcome step by the administration that I’ve long called for.