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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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May 27, 2026

Protecting Americans’ privacy and ensuring their health data isn’t accessible to cybercriminals in adversarial nations is of utmost importance.

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May 27, 2026

Arkansas taxpayers shouldn’t be responsible for reckless spending in other states. Our bill would ensure federal tax dollars aren’t used to bailout bankrupt state and local governments.

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May 26, 2026

For far too long, radical 'green new deal' environmental groups have weaponized our judicial system to delay energy projects.

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Apr 30, 2026

I am ducking nothing. I am pointing out the Senator from Oregon's longstanding practice of distorting highly classified material in public. And one of these days, there are going to be some consequences, and it may be when I am chairman of…

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Mar 1, 2026

We're going to continue to hit not just their military capabilities, but we're going to continue to hit their senior leadership, the ayatollahs, who have also been complicit in 47 years of heinous crimes, not only against Americans, but…

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Mar 1, 2026

Help has arrived. And that's why you've already seen some protests out celebrating the death of the supreme leader, the man who has brutally repressed his own people for almost 40 years.

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Mar 1, 2026

No, Margaret, the president has been clear that what we should expect to see is an extended air and naval campaign that's designed not only to continue to set back Iran's nuclear ambitions, but, most importantly, to destroy its vast…

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Mar 1, 2026

I thought the president's eight-minute video yesterday was outstanding. It laid out Iran's 47-year campaign of terror and revolutionary violence against the United States and our people and really the civilized world.

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Mar 1, 2026

And as the president said when he promised help is on the way, help has arrived.

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Mar 1, 2026

The opposition is 90 million Iranians who have suffered under the brutal Islamic Republic Revolutionary regime for the last 47 years.

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Jan 10, 2026

When the president said that the United States is going to be running Venezuela, it means that the new leaders of Venezuela need to meet our demands.

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Jan 10, 2026

Congress isn’t notified when the FBI is going to arrest a drug trafficker or cyber criminal here in the United States, nor should Congress be notified when the executive branch is executing arrests on indicted persons.

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Jan 4, 2026

We want them to stop the drug and the weapons trafficking. We want them to take the refugees back.

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Jan 4, 2026

The people in Venezuela who are still in charge of the apparatus of the government are sanctioned and indicted officials, and they've been in league with Nicolas Maduro until just yesterday.

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Jan 4, 2026

I think it should be a goal. The opposition leaders, Ms. Machado, Mr. Gonzalez, have said they think there need to be new elections.

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Dec 8, 2025

It was entirely appropriate to strike the boat again to make sure that its cargo was destroyed

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Dec 8, 2025

I don’t have any problem with the video being made public

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Nov 13, 2025

I think we should try to make those authorities permanent, not just so it's not hostage to government funding anymore.

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Nov 13, 2025

The U.S. may find it's reacting after a catastrophic event, rather than being prepared before one occurs.

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Nov 13, 2025

It could be…unwittingly probing to see what the responses are – and responses have not been particularly strong, given these legal limitations.

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Sep 3, 2025

Affiliates of IEI gained prominent positions both in and outside government during the Biden administration, posing significant danger to national security.

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Sep 3, 2025

I write to reiterate my concern that Iranian government-linked affiliates have influenced and may be still influencing US government operations.

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Sep 3, 2025

Iran’s mission is ‘death to America,’ so it’s particularly concerning that Joe Biden allowed someone so deeply connected to Iranian leadership access to our national security.

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