Tom Cotton: “We have to do so in a smart way, but we have to be aggressive and quick about it.”

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.

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.

No one, especially members of Congress, should profit from insider information. I voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act to rid Congress of this corruption and ensure we all play by the same rules as every law-abiding Arkansan. The…