Cotton Reelected as Republican Conference Chair

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tatum Wallace or Hannah McCarthy November 10, 2026 Cotton Reelected as Republican Conference Chair Click here to view Senator Cotton’s full remarks WASHINGTON —Today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) gave remarks following his reelection as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference for the 120 th Congress: “First off, I had my own big election last week, and I want to once again thank the people of Arkansas for their confidence in returning me to represent them in the United States Senate. Second, I want to express my gratitude to my fellow Republican senators for their confidence in continuing as the conference chair and congratulate my fellow elected leaders. As Senator Thune said, we have a lot of work to do over these next two months to confirm many outstanding nominees and pass much needful legislation. Come January, we’ll be in the opposition. We will continue to champion conservative principles of limited constitutional government, individual liberty, lower taxes, strong national defense. We’ll work together where we can to find common ground with the Democrats. But with the Democrats in charge, I expect many bad ideas will be coming across the Senate floor. And in the spirit of Calvin Coolidge, I will simply say it’s more important to stop bad bills than it is to pass good laws. We will take a stand against all those bad ideas that I unfortunately expect to see come January.” ###