page_title: Tom Cotton
section_title: Committee assignments
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Cotton / Political career (2013–present) / Committee assignments
caption_attribution_description: English: Sgt. Brett Keyte of Florence, Colo., shares a laugh with U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton during the Senator's visit to a Patriot missile tactical site at Osan Air Base, Korea. Sen. Cotton visited Korea as part of a three-country tour which included stops in Taiwan and Japan to visit key leaders and service members serving in the Pacific theater.
context_page_description: Thomas Bryant Cotton is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015, and has served as the junior United States Senator from Arkansas since 2015.
  In 2005, Cotton was commissioned in the United States Army, where as an infantry officer he rose to the rank of captain. His military record includes service in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman Badge. He was elected as the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district in 2012 and to the Senate at age 37 in 2014, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor.
context_section_description: United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
  United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland (Chair)
  United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower
  United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
  United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy (Chair)
  United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
  United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance
  United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
  United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  Joint Economic Committee
caption: Senator Cotton visits Air Defenders at Osan Air Base during his three-country tour to Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
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