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" We're simply trying to say that Congress has a constitutional role to approve any deal, to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Not today, not tomorrow, not ten years from now. "

Tom Cotton

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" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe. "

" 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. "

" The claim that too many criminals are being jailed, that there is over-incarceration, ignores an unfortunate fact: For the vast majority of crimes, a perpetrator is never identified or arrested, let alone prosecuted, convicted and jailed. "

" The critical role of Congress in the adoption of international agreements was clearly laid out by our Founding Fathers in our Constitution. And it's a principle upon which Democrats and Republicans have largely agreed. "

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

" Are we fighting too many wars? And I would say no. We're fighting one war. And it's a war against radical Islamic Jihad. "

" 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. "

" Jimmy Carter proposed withdrawing the troops from South Korea. He was stopped by the United States Congress. "

Tom Cotton

Congress

United

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

" Given the devastation that crime can visit on families and communities, I will err on being a little too tough on crime than being too soft on crime. "

" In our globalized world, our domestic prosperity depends heavily on the world economy, which, of course, requires stability and order. Who provides that stability and order? The U.S. military. "

" At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life. "

" You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise. "

" 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. "

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" If anything, we have an under-incarceration problem. "

Tom Cotton

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Anything

" Guantanamo Bay is a first-rate detention facility that's kept terrorists off the battlefield and kept America safe. It's critical role in our national security cannot be overstated. "

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

" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "

" What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and that Iran and Russia cannot be granted a sphere of influence in Syria, and that we will not sit down at the negotiating table to help broker Assad's victory in this fight. "

" The problem of end-to-end encryption isn't just a terrorism issue. "

" 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. "