releases: https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-condemns-bidens-ransom-payment-to-iran
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| https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-condemns-bidens-ransom-payment-to-iran | Cotton Condemns Biden’s “Ransom Payment” to Iran | 2023-09-11 | 2023 | 2023-09 | Republican | Senate | AR | Tom Cotton | C001095 | www.cotton.senate.gov | cotton | https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases | scraper | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353 September 11, 2023 Cotton Condemns Biden’s “Ransom Payment” to Iran Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the Biden administration approved the transfer of $6 billion to Iran in exchange for the release of five American citizens: “First Joe Biden used 9/11 as an excuse to flee Afghanistan. Now he desecrates this day by paying ransom to the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism. Shameful.” ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T18:35:26Z |