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Tom Cotton

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Tom Cotton is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Arkansas since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he has been a prominent voice on various national security and foreign policy issues. Cotton is known for his strong stance on military matters and has advocated for a robust U.S. presence abroad, particularly in relation to China and Russia. He has also focused on immigration reform and economic policies aimed at supporting American workers.

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Nov 13, 2022

We have to do so in a smart way, but we have to be aggressive and quick about it.

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Nov 13, 2022

We need to focus on serious substantive accomplishments and issues like crime, like our wide-open border, like addressing runaway inflation.

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Nov 13, 2022

Well, Margaret, when the party -- when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don't have a single leader.

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Sep 28, 2022

the United States is in the midst of the deadliest drug epidemic in our Nation's history, caused by the most lethal drugs ever created. More than 108,000 Americans died last year from drugs--more than 108,000--which is almost double the…

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Sep 28, 2022

what we heard is a lot of the same excuses that the Democrats have made for years about being soft on crime and their claims about mass incarceration or systemic racism or what have you. I would point out that almost no one--almost no…

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Sep 28, 2022

I think we know who is soft on crime. It sounds like I hit a nerve. I didn't stand up here saying I am not soft on crime five or six times in a row. It is the Senator from Illinois who said that, just like Senate Democrats have been saying…

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Sep 21, 2022

tens of thousands of Iranian citizens are taking to the streets in dozens of cities across Iran as we speak. The chant that is echoing across that ancient land is: ``Death to the dictator.'' Yet Joe Biden and the Democrats in Washington…

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Aug 28, 2022

We always respect the rights of peaceful protesters but anarchy, rioting and looting we have zero tolerance for.

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Aug 3, 2022

today, the Senate exercises one of our unique and most important constitutional responsibilities: debate and ratification of a treaty. The NATO accession treaty for Sweden and Finland is the most consequential kind of treaty because it…

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Aug 2, 2022

Well, it was obviously a double-cross by Joe Manchin.

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Jul 28, 2022

Well, it was obviously a double cross by Joe Manchin. You know, just two weeks ago, we’ve said he wasn’t going to support a bill like this.

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Jul 11, 2022

I come to the floor of the Senate to honor an important member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service, Mr. Edward Ferguson. Edward has been the latest in a long line of impressive British diplomats who have furthered the Special Relationship…

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