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" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "
Tom Cotton
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Impossible
Crime
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" The Iranian people, if you look at their demographics and their level of education, could be a strong source for stability in the Middle East. The problem is they're run by an apocalyptic cult of ayatollahs. "
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" With Iran, we negotiated privately in 2012-2013 from a position of strength, not a position of weakness. The secret negotiations in Oman. This ultimately led to the Joint Plan of Action of November 2013. "
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" Guantanamo Bay can be and has been visited repeatedly by the International Red Cross and other human-rights groups for observation in an open, regular, and transparent manner. Detainees receive the same medical care as the guard force and are able to participate in their daily prayer sessions. "
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Care
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" I think that the public debate that we had on the Iran deal was very important. That's probably one of the most consequential things most of us will ever vote on ; a nuclear arms control agreement with a mortal enemy. And the White House - despite all their efforts - failed miserably. "
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Enemy
Think
" We're going to make America a better place. "
Tom Cotton
America
Place
Better Place
" Trying to balance the budget through defense cuts is both counterproductive and impossible. "
Tom Cotton
Budget
Impossible
Balance
" What you did do with your grocery card, discount card is much more invasive to your privacy than what the NSA does. "
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" It's the job of the president to negotiate, but it's the job of Congress to approve. "
Tom Cotton
President
Negotiate
Job
" I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups. "
Tom Cotton
Stairs
Groups
" Police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they'll come home at night to take it off. "
Tom Cotton
Morning
Night
Police
" If Iran wants their money back and wants to be treated like a normal nation, they need to act like a normal nation. "
Tom Cotton
Back
Normal
Need
" The Middle East and South Asia have a lot less in common with America than 18-year-old kids in Boston have with 18-year-old kids in Arkansas. "
Tom Cotton
Boston
Middle East
America
" Why would you codify a set of safeguards you might want to change as technology evolves and you face new risks of privacy, in addition to changing safeguards that might need to be relaxed in an emergency situation? "
Tom Cotton
Technology
Change
Privacy
" I think it's important that the Republican Party remain the home of conservatives and that the best way to advance conservative principles is to elect Republicans up and down the ballot. "
Tom Cotton
Home
Best
Important
" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
Tom Cotton
Flawed
Iran
Nuclear
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Policy
Congress
Foreign Policy
" When he was running, my thinking was, 'I can't believe my governor is running for president.' By the end of Clinton's first year in office, I was like, 'Wow, I must not be a Democrat.' "
Tom Cotton
End
Believe
Office
" You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise. "
Tom Cotton
Opportunities
Challenges
Know
" Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion. "
Tom Cotton
American
Up
Soldiers
" I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced. "
Tom Cotton
Military
Budget
Donald Trump
" We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies. "
Tom Cotton
Adversaries
Allies
Quit
" The forces that led to radical Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Islamic State, can ultimately only be defeated by moderate Muslims around the globe, countries like U.A.E. that have led the fight within their own border to promote tolerance. "
Tom Cotton
Tolerance
Islam
Fight
" Under the cover of encryption, terror masterminds provide recruits with the tactics and tools necessary to carry out attacks using small arms and explosives. None of this requires any overseas travel. "
Tom Cotton
Arms
Out
Tools
" I spent several months patrolling Al Dora district in Baghdad in 2006 with the 101st Airborne. It's a tough neighborhood. There's a lot of militias operating there, including a lot of Shiite militias, which are backed by Iran. "
Tom Cotton
Neighborhood
Lot
Tough
" It's clearly the intent of the Islamic State to strike us here in the United States. And that's why we have to go on offense in the war against the Islamic State to fight them where they are before they fight us here in the United States. "
Tom Cotton
Why
War
Against
" No officer wants to be involved in a justified use of force proven unnecessary after the fact, any more than soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan wanted to make what proved to be the wrong decision in a shoot-don't-shoot situation. Those decisions, even if justified, live with you forever, believe me. "
Tom Cotton
Me
Live
Decision
" We have taught Iran's leaders and the world a very bad lesson: that there is a price on the head of Americans to be held hostage. "
Tom Cotton
Lesson
World
Bad
" I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly. "
Tom Cotton
Senator
Take
Lightly
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Name
Red
Enemy
" I have always had confidence in our front line F.B.I. personnel as well as the F.B.I. leadership. "
Tom Cotton
Line
Confidence
Always