releases: https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-cannot-support-early-release-of-dangerous-repeat-felons
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| https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-cannot-support-early-release-of-dangerous-repeat-felons | Cotton: Cannot Support Early Release of Dangerous, Repeat Felons | 2018-11-16 | 2018 | 2018-11 | Republican | Senate | AR | Tom Cotton | C001095 | www.cotton.senate.gov | cotton | https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases | scraper | Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) issued the following statement after fellow Senators released the text of the First Step Act: "Unfortunately, the new text of this legislation reveals that what started as a prison-reform effort has transformed into sentencing reductions and early-release for dangerous, repeat felons, and I therefore cannot support this bill." | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-06-27T23:10:16Z |