Sen. Tom Cotton took a dig at the liberal media for its early dismissal of he lab-leak hypothesis after the CIA's newly released assessment supporting the theory.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on Sunday that China should face consequences for “unleashing” COVID-19 on the world after the CIA concluded that COVID-19 most likely originated from a Chinese lab leak. The CIA switched its view on the origin of COVID-19 on Saturday,
China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission. “It is extremely unlikely the pandemic was caused by a lab leak,
Republican senators have introduced a bill that would ban Chinese citizens from purchasing any land in the United States. Arkansas' Tom Cotton, Alabama's Katie Britt, and North Dakota's Kevin Cramer introduced the Not One More Inch or Acre Act on Wednesday.
He cited Republicans' success pushing through another of Trump's more controversial nominees as reason to be bullish.
US Senator Tom Cotton has criticised China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status, highlighting its detrimental impact on both the US economy and national security. In a post shared on X, Senator Cotton stated,
The CIA believes the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a laboratory — but acknowledges the spy agency has 'low confidence' in its own conclusion.
GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge
Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online.
Sen. Tom Cotton urges action on TikTok, citing national security risks and its harmful impact on American youth.
The finding suggests the agency believes the totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely than a natural origin, but the agency's assessment assigns a low degree of confidence to this conclusion.