“Good grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying. We are not merging our military with the IDF."”
“The president's policy is 'a head for an eye.' I mean, honestly, that's what it's going to be.”
“This war has killed 18 US service members, cost billions of taxpayer dollars, and displaced millions of civilians.”
“If Republicans actually wanted to stop congressional stock trading, they’d pass our bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act,"”
“The point is that tariffs contributed to inflation.”
“We support open-source AI and the innovation it unlocks. But open source is not open season on American IP.”

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On the recordJune 25, 2014
We are blessed to live in a country where that is not the case, where justice is based on the natural rights of every person given to us by our creator.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas
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Editor's note · Context

Cotton contrasts American justice with global injustices faced by the weak.

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