I decided early on, very early, that the best role I could play is to speak in my own voice, assume my own voice and my own ideas. Even if you support a candidate who ultimately wins, what you say and do is seen through the filter of that candidate. Tom Cotton More Quotes by Tom Cotton More Quotes From Tom Cotton Men are simple creatures. It doesn't take much to please us. The problem is women. Tom Cotton problem simple men Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism. Tom Cotton islamic fighting believe It shouldn't surprise any American to know that Russia uses its money and its intelligence services to spread disinformation, use subterfuge and deception and manipulation, to try to divide political opinion within the United States, within any Western European country, or among NATO countries. That's one of the techniques that Russia has used for decades, during the Cold War and during the Putin era. Tom Cotton political war country I never go ballistic, I'm always measured and tempered. Tom Cotton It should come as no surprise that Russia continues its effort to manipulate Western democracies in a way to sow discord and disagreements between our countries in NATO and within the United States or any other Western European country. And it's something the United States obviously must be on guard against. Tom Cotton effort democracy country It's important to remember that whatever the presidential candidates of either party say, they will have to interact with the United States Congress, particularly the Senate, when it comes to crafting policy. Tom Cotton presidential party important The Islamic State is dangerous, a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic is even more so. Tom Cotton republic nuclear islamic If you're a doctor, or a scientist, or a computer programmer, it shouldn't matter whether you come from Nigeria, or Norway, or any other country on this earth. Today though we have a system that rewards ties of blood, ties of kin, ties of clan. That's one of the most un-American immigration systems I can imagine. Tom Cotton immigration today country If you change our immigration system to a skills-based system that respects and treats people for who they are as individuals as opposed to residents of a certain country or relatives of certain people in the United States, it's a system that is more in keeping with American values. Tom Cotton immigration country people Russia remains an adversary to the United States. We have some overlapping interests. It would be better if our relationship was better. But our relationship is not good right now because of Vladimir Putin. There are steps that I think that we should be taking that we should have taken under the Obama administration. For instance, providing defensive weaponry to Ukraine. I encourage the President and the administration to take a look at those steps. Tom Cotton taken president thinking In military terms, if you're not winning, sometimes you are losing. We've seen the Taliban and associated terrorist organizations make gains in recent years. It's time to stop those gains and roll them back. There's a lot of different techniques to do so, but we cannot allow Afghanistan to once again become an ungoverned country from which terrorist organizations can launch attacks against the United States and our citizens. Tom Cotton military winning country We`ll go through the legislative process and I`m make it clear what I support, don`t support and what I think is good for Arkansas. Tom Cotton arkansas support thinking A lot of my opposition to President Obama's policies had behind them 5, 6, 7 years of bad policies that made America less safe in my regard. Tom Cotton president america years As a former U.S. Attorney, I am all too familiar with criminals hiding behind shell corporations to enable their illegal behavior. Tom Cotton politics I do believe we may be heading in the direction of a full-year continuing resolution. Tom Cotton politics I and obviously every other senator believes the death penalty is the appropriate punishment for their behavior. Tom Cotton politics North Korea has a long history of demanding concessions merely to negotiate, kim Jong Un is a murderous despot and habitual liar. Tom Cotton latest-headlines In that time, she has earned the deep respect of her colleagues for her unique ability to not only take the long view but also to coordinate the many moving parts of an administration. Tom Cotton politics I’ve seen no evidence, and, again, I would just say that media reports have gotten pretty far over their skis over this. Tom Cotton politics In the emails that were on Hillary Clinton private server, there were conversations among Hillary Clinton senior advisers about this gentleman, that goes to show just how reckless and careless Hillary Clinton decision was to put that kind of highly classified information a private server. I think Hillary Clinton judgment is not suited to keep this country safe. Tom Cotton politics
