Friends, 

Congress reconvenes this week after a busy August filled with stops across Arkansas. I meet folks year-round at my office in Washington, but the extended August work period gives me and my staff the chance to visit more Arkansans at home. From Rogers to Jonesboro and Mountain Home to Little Rock, I met with manufacturers, healthcare providers, educators, law-enforcement officers, and many more of you who are working hard to build and improve communities in our state. Your thoughts, ideas, and concerns will continue to guide my work in Congress. Below you’ll find a brief recap of some of my activities this past month. As always, it’s an honor to represent every Arkansan in the United States Senate, and I look forward to continuing to hear from you. Be sure to visit me on Twitter or Facebook to learn more about how I’m working on your behalf.

                                                                                     – Tom Cotton

                                   Manufacturing Tours

This August I toured several manufacturing facilities, and by all accounts business is steady. Arkansas’s unemployment rate is lower than the national average and Arkansas manufacturers continue to hire across our state. Thank you to the folks at Hytrol, SIG SAUER, Spartan Mowers, and Baxter International for letting me learn more about your facilities and operations. 

Healthcare in Arkansas

Arkansas’s healthcare professionals provide devoted care to the communities they serve, and I was very impressed by the state-of-the-art facilities in Jonesboro, Little Rock, and Conway. Thank you to the dedicated healthcare providers all across Arkansas who work every day to improve the lives and health of Arkansans!

Visiting With Arkansas Educators

Whether it’s a two-year program at a technical school or a four-year college education, Arkansas’s higher-education institutions are working hard to prepare students for successful careers in the workforce. The educators at NorthArk Technical Center in Harrison and ASU Mountain Home care deeply about providing their students with a solid foundation of knowledge so they can become productive workers and citizens.   

                                   Law Enforcement Stops

Arkansas’s law-enforcement professionals are on the front lines in the battle against drugs and crime. Their bravery and sacrifice keep our communities safe. It was an honor to visit with officers in Little Rock and Rogers and to present a few of them with awards for their exceptional work fighting crime in our state. 

                           Business Roundtables and More

Local Arkansas officials and business leaders are working hard to help their hometowns and neighbors, but sometimes Washington can get in the way. In a series of roundtables this August, I heard from community and business leaders about what kind of support they need at the federal level to make sure their towns are good places to call home.   

Tom Cotton in the News

           Discussing why We Should Buy Greenland at Roby Brock’s Power Lunch speaker series in Little Rock.

Ozarks First (8/20): Senator Cotton visits Northwest Arkansas U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton was in Northwest Arkansas on August 20, 2019. He made a few stops around Boone County, including Harrison where he had lunch with some city business leaders. In the meeting, he discussed the local economy and development opportunities and how that ties into educational institutions. 

Log Cabin Democrat (8/13): Rutledge, Cotton Hold Roundtable Discussions Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton held roundtable discussions Tuesday with various local leaders in Rutledge’s hometown of Batesville. The attorney general and the senator heard directly from members of the community on topics including education, manufacturing, healthcare, financial regulations and criminal justice.

                           To watch a THV11 interview at Conway Regional click here.

THV11 (8/13): Sen. Cotton Supports Trump Administration's 'Public Charge' Immigration Rule 'This reform is a promising step toward a sensible, skills-based immigration system that admits immigrants who are prepared to seize opportunity, not handouts.'

KAIT (8/6): Senator Tom Cotton Talks Tariffs, and Infrastructure Improvements Senator Tom Cotton made various stops throughout Jonesboro Tuesday, August 6 including, visiting the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, Hytrol and St. Bernards. Cotton kicked off his visit at the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas with a Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce roundtable. 

To watch a Fox 24 interview from the Sheriff’s Luncheon click here.

KNWA (8/5): Law enforcement meets for 2019 Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association Summer Conference “I’m here in Northwest Arkansas today to speak to the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association to thank them for what they do to keep our country safe,” Cotton said. “We just lost Sheriff Deputy Mike Stephen in Stone County just last month, not three weeks ago.”

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