On the record · Updated October 4, 2026

Tom Cotton quotes

Republican senator from Arkansas

3 things Tom Cotton said, verbatim, on October 4, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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Positions

The Senate should pass the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide.

Disputes Oct 4

“No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter”

CBS News Trump posts Tom Cotton's cellphone number to push permanent daylight saving time ›

Others on this question

Donald Trump President Supports

“To the Great People of Arkansas, please let your Senator know it would be a GREAT Bipartisan WIN for the United States Senate, and for America, itself”

Tom Cotton on Other topics2

As printed Oct 4

“Arkansans don’t want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I’ll always put Arkansas first.”

Fox News Trump drops Republican Senator's phone number in social post over fury on stalled bill ›

On the claim ledger Oct 4 Open

“Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter”

PBS NewsHour Trump posts Tom Cotton's cellphone number to push permanent daylight saving time ›

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