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" I have introduced legislation - with other senators from both parties, like Bob Corker and Bob Menendez and Joe Manchin - called the 'Countering the Iranian Threats Act', specifically to clamp down on a lot of Iran's nefarious activity throughout the region. "

Tom Cotton

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" Islamic terrorists do not need an excuse to attack the United States. To attack us is what they do; they attack us for what we are. "

Tom Cotton

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" The West has been calling for years for the forces of moderate Islam to stand up to the very small percentage but very large number of radical Muslims all around the world. When countries - the U.A.E. or Egypt or Jordan - do that, we need to highlight it, we need to celebrate it, and we need to continue to encourage it. "

" I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started. I joined in part because I wanted to go fight on the front lines. "

" The world probably wishes that Great Britain had rebuilt its defenses and stopped Germany from reoccupying the Rhineland in 1936. "

" Police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they'll come home at night to take it off. "

" I learned one of the very important lessons in life in the 9/11 attacks. It's good to have a plan for your future; it's even better to write your plan in pencil. "

" Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran. "

" We only have one president and one secretary of state, but our founding fathers very clearly insisted that Congress play a significant role in foreign policy. "

" Our goal is simple: to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "

" Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words. "

" I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for. "

" Our warriors and their families don't ask for much. But there are a few things we'd like. A commander-in-chief who speaks of winning wars and not merely ending wars, calls the enemy by its name, and draws red lines carefully but enforces them ruthlessly. "

" The president has largely taken a hands-off approach in Syria and granted it as a legitimate sphere of interest to countries like Iran and like Russia. This is very bad policy, and it's going to lead to very dangerous consequences for our partners in the region, which is why so many of them are so opposed to U.S. policies. "

Tom Cotton

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" The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote. "

" President Obama likes to say Guantanamo Bay is a terrorist recruiting tool, and while that may be an easy excuse, it's simply not true. The reality is the motivations of radical Islamic jihadism existed before Guantanamo Bay. The ideology is premised on a narrative of conquest, in the spiritual as well as the earthly world. "

" We need to be tough once again in the world. "

" Actions have consequences. "

Tom Cotton

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Consequences

" It would be very dangerous and unwise to proceed with the Senate Judiciary bill, which would lead to the release of thousands of violent felons. "

" I don't believe we should allow thousands of violent felons to be released early from prison, nor do I believe we should reduce sentences for violent offenders in the future. "

" It's the job of the president to negotiate, but it's the job of Congress to approve. "

" We're going to make America a better place. "

" If the Islamic State is losing, if they are defeated in Iraq and Syria, or in Libya, which is maybe their most dangerous and most well-developed cell today, then they won't inspire nearly so many attacks. "

" If Iran wants their money back and wants to be treated like a normal nation, they need to act like a normal nation. "

" As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy. "

" No man wants more war if he's planned memorial services for fallen comrades, carried their flag-draped caskets off a plane, and buried them at Arlington National Cemetery. "

" Early on, when my wife and I were dating, we went to the grocery store, and I told her that sometimes I just buy birthday cakes, and I eat them. And she said: 'Really? I do, too.' "

" The purpose of our common defense, after all, is to protect our people so that we can enjoy the blessings of peace, faith, freedom, family, prosperity. "