Category: Tom cotton

Romney, Cotton Propose $10 Minimum Wage in Counter to Democrat Push for $15 an Hour

In a counterpoint to the Democrat push for an hourly minimum wage hike to $15, Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Tuesday announced their own bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2025. Called the Higher Wages for American Workers Act (pdf), Cotton and Romney’s bill would…


Senator Lays Out Strategy for Targeted Decoupling With China in New Report

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is calling for the United States to disentangle from the Chinese regime, as it continues to steal U.S. intellectual property and spy on Americans, according to a new report compiled by his office. “The will and need to confront Communist China is growing. Now it’s time for action,” said Cotton in…


Republican Senators Introduce Resolution Urging for 2022 Winter Olympics to Be Moved out of China

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and six other Republican senators have introduced a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2020 Winter Olympics out of China due to the country’s poor human rights record. If China fails to demonstrate “significant progress in securing fundamental human rights, including the freedoms of religion,…


Former Google CEO, Execs, Call for ‘Disentangling’ of US and Chinese Tech Sectors

A group of tech experts is calling for “some degree of bifurcation” between the U.S. and Chinese tech sectors, according to a report obtained by Axios. The report, titled “Asymmetric Competition: A Strategy for China & Technology,” was authored by a group of 15 tech industry executives, investors, and China experts, known as China Strategy…


China’s Sanctions on Former Trump Administration Officials an ‘Escalation’: Sen. Cotton

The Chinese regime’s sanctions against former Trump administration officials is an escalation that must be met with a reciprocal response, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Sunday. “These sanctions against former Trump administration officials are a dangerous and insidious escalation of China’s effort to influence American policy,” Cotton said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” The Chinese…


Republican Lawmakers Call for Tough Biden Response After Red China Sanctions Trump Officials

Top Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to take forceful measures against the Chinese regime, after Beijing slapped sanctions on former Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The sanctions were announced on Jan. 20, the same day that President Joe Biden was sworn into office. A Chinese foreign ministry…


Republican Lawmakers Call for Tough Biden Response After CCP Sanctions Trump Officials

Top Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to take forceful measures against the Chinese regime, after Beijing slapped sanctions on former Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The sanctions were announced on Jan. 20, the same day that President Joe Biden was sworn into office. A Chinese foreign ministry…


Pompeo Hopes New US Administration Will Confront Beijing

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Jan. 20 expressed hope that the new administration under President-elect Joe Biden will continue to confront threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “This challenge, the threat from the Chinese Communist Party, is real; it is existential to the United States,” said Pompeo in an interview with…


Cotton: Senate Lacks Authority to Hold Trump Impeachment Trial After Jan. 20

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Wednesday that the Senate lacks constitutional authority to conduct impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump once he leaves office. “The Senate lacks constitutional authority to conduct impeachment proceedings against a former president. The Founders designed the impeachment process as a way to remove officeholders from public office—not an inquest against private…


‘Specific Threats’ Targeting Senate Election in Georgia on Jan. 5: FBI

Authorities with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and FBI announced that they are aware of “specific threats” in connection to the Jan. 5 Georgia Senate runoff elections that could determine what party controls the upper chamber. “The GBI has been made aware of specific threats regarding Tuesday’s upcoming election. Our agency is working with…