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,

The movement to eliminate the free trade perks China enjoys in the U.S. is gaining steam under Republican control of government.

The CIA now asserts with low confidence that COVID-19 likely originated from a laboratory. The report, declassified under John Ratcliffe, points to China as the source despite deficient evidence. The ongoing debate on the virus's origin has domestic and global implications,

I would encourage the president to revisit the decision for those people who are being targeted by Iran,” one of the Republican leaders said Sunday.

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,

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.

A bill introduced in the Senate on Friday would ban defense contractors from buying rare earth minerals from China. It is part of a larger effort to reinvigorate rare earth... Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)

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.