Tom Cotton

Nationalist

Republican

Senator

Arkansas

Current Position: Senator from Arkansas

Running For: Senator

Policy Positions

For privatizing Social Security
Against higher taxes on wealthy; supports single-rate tax system and opposes income tax increases
Against federal stimulus spending; believes feds shouldn't spend, borrow, and inflate their way to bankruptcy
For increased defense spending; supports well-funded military with world's most advanced weapons and opposes reducing defense spending

Against embryonic stem cell research and human cloning; opposes destruction of human embryos
Against ObamaCare/Affordable Care Act; wants to defund, repeal, and replace with free market solutions

Against Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project; opposes federal funding for teaching these curricula in schools
For school choice vouchers; supports choice, competition, and freedom for public schools

Against environmental regulations; opposes EPA permits for forest road runoff, supports building Keystone XL pipeline, and wants to limit EPA oversight

Against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act exceptions; voted for banning abortion after 20 weeks
Against abortion rights; believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, wants to let states decide, considers himself pro-life, opposes family planning assistance that includes abortion, and supports protecting infant survivors of abortion
Against same-sex marriage; supports DOMA and traditional marriage, opposes same-sex marriage, and wants to protect faith-based opposition as free speech

Against ranked-choice voting; criticized Alaska's system after Republican Sarah Palin lost

Against the Chinese Communist Party; supports ending economic dependence on China, decoupling supply chains, banning American investment in strategic Chinese industries, and holding China accountable for COVID-19
Against illegal immigration; supports zero illegal immigration, ending chain migration, moving to skills-based immigration system through the RAISE Act
Against restrictions on Chinese students in STEM fields; supports banning Chinese nationals from studying science-related fields
Against Chinese land ownership; introduced bill to ban Chinese nationals from owning American land
For Israel's military actions in Gaza; denied Israel commits war crimes and said 'Israel can bounce the rubble in Gaza'
Against pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants; opposes 'earned path to citizenship' and supports requiring people to exit US to apply
For using military force against Iran if necessary

For law enforcement funding; opposes defunding police, supports locking up violent criminals and strengthening sentences
For Second Amendment rights; opposes gun control laws, has A rating from NRA, supports Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
Against the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization; voted against it citing federal powers were too broad
Against the FIRST STEP Act criminal justice reform; voted against the bipartisan bill
For military deployment against protesters; advocated using federal troops and 'no quarter' for rioters during George Floyd protests
For keeping Guantanamo Bay prison open; called for housing more prisoners there instead of closing it
Against creating an independent commission to investigate January 6th Capitol attack
For death penalty for killing police officers
Against drug liberalization; supports stiffer penalties for fentanyl trafficking and rated F by NORML for 'hard-on-drugs' stance