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Tom Cotton

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6 AI votes on record2 press releases on AI$83K itemized from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026 · contributions Sep 9, 2026 (incomplete) · super PAC spending Sep 11, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

mixedJul 30, 2026

Cotton urges strict export controls on advanced compute and a government-wide ban on contractor use of Chinese AI models, while promoting maximal diffusion and adoption of American models to secure U.S. AI dominance.

“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tatum Wallace or Hannah McCarthy July 30, 2026 Cotton to Lutnick: Combat Communist China’s AI Diffusion Strategy WASHINGTON — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a …”

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mixedJul 30, 2026

Cotton urges strict export controls on advanced compute and a government-wide ban on contractor use of Chinese AI models, while promoting maximal diffusion and adoption of American models to secure U.S. AI dominance.

“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tatum Wallace or Hannah McCarthy July 30, 2026 Cotton to Lutnick: Combat Communist China’s AI Diffusion Strategy WASHINGTON — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a …”

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Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

NAYJul 16, 2026
Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 198; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

motion to proceed · S.J.Res. 198 · Rejected 46-50

YEAJul 14, 2026
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4784; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 4784 · Rejected 50-46

YEADec 17, 2025
Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

procedural · S. 1071 · Agreed to 77-20

YEADec 15, 2025
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 1071 · Agreed to 76-20

YEADec 11, 2025
Motion to Proceed to the House Message to Accompany S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

motion to proceed · S. 1071 · Agreed to 75-22

YEAJul 1, 2025
To strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence.

amendment · H.R. 1 · S.Amdt. 2814 · Agreed to 99-1

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$71K

From employees and investors, personally

$12K

From company PACs

27

Itemized receipts

By employer

Company PACs in blue; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Feb 4, 2026GOOGLE NETPACPAC$5K↗
Aug 29, 2025Kent WalkerGOOGLE$4K↗
Jun 22, 2026Jason ClintonANTHROPIC$4K↗
Jun 3, 2026Brian ChenANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 20, 2026Peter LofgrenANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 19, 2026Trenton BrickenANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 18, 2026Jan LeikeANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 18, 2026Andrew JonesANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 13, 2026Tao LinANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 12, 2026Elizabeth Edwards-AppellANTHROPIC$4K↗
Apr 29, 2026Daniel ZieglerANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Feb 27, 2026Joel Mr. KaplanFACEBOOK$4K↗
Jan 31, 2026Shyam SankarPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$4K↗
Oct 25, 2025Drake ThomasANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Oct 25, 2025Drake ThomasANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Sep 9, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.