Tom Cotton
Some of the key events about Tom Cotton
- 1998Graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government
- 2002Earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School
- 2005Volunteered for military service and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army
- 2006Deployed to Baghdad as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom
- 2006Wrote a letter to the New York Times criticizing the newspaper for publishing classified information about a government surveillance program
- 2008Volunteered for a second combat tour and served in eastern Afghanistan
- 2009Awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and Ranger Tab for military service
- 2012Elected to the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 4th congressional district
- 2013Voted against the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization
- 2014Elected as the youngest member of the United States Senate at age 37
- 2014Claimed ISIS and Mexican drug cartels were collaborating to infiltrate the southern U.S. border, which was disputed by government officials
- 2015Published "Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery," a book about military service
- 2015Authored a controversial open letter to Iranian leaders regarding nuclear negotiations, signed by 46 other Republican senators
- 2016Blocked a vote on a criminal justice reform bill, despite bipartisan support
- 2017Suggested "tough" interrogation techniques should be used on terrorism suspects, contradicting laws against torture
- 2018Opposed a bipartisan immigration reform bill that would have provided a path to citizenship for Dreamers
- 2019Proposed legislation to reduce legal immigration by up to 50%
- 2020Re-elected to a second term in the U.S. Senate with over 66% of the vote
- 2020Called slavery a "necessary evil" in comments about how to teach American history, which sparked widespread criticism
- 2021Voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania, despite no evidence of widespread fraud
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