Tom Cotton actually said...

"The Wall Street Journal also reported that the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, directed DataMiner to stop the contract because he was worried about, quote, 'the optics,' end quote, of helping intelligenc..."

"I want to discuss cooperation with our intelligence community from Silicon Valley, specifically Twitter and a company called DataMiner."

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

"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."