Tom Cotton actually said...

"I think it reflects very well on your character that you've disclosed it up front, as well as that it was dismissed as completely unfounded."

"I think it's a good thing for government employees to be involved in their community."

"We did not have a prisoner exchange. We released duly convicted prisoners in our courts of law, and we waived warrants that were outstanding."

"I find it hard to believe that a simple extension of it, changing nothing but the date, would, therefore, be a violation."