Subject: RE: Video Request: Tom Cotton on KARN now
From: "Yoxall, Collin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Bhatnagar, Akshai" <[email-masked]>, Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 08:27:20 -0700

Holds pretty firm on sentencing reform. Said that criminal justice reform (even the watered down version proposed now) would lead to an increase in crime.

Miller: heavy water sale from iran. You're against the purchase. What is heavy water?
Cotton: been in the news b/c of Obama admin. Its water that has heavier atomic weight. It is an important of commercial or military nuclear program. The deal says iran has to reduce its levels but we are under no obligation to purchase it, certainly not to use taxpayer money to do it. We shouldn't be subsidizing it.

Miller: where should heavy water go?
Cotton: private actors. We get ours from overseas. I don't have a problem with the use of the heavy water; my problem is with the use of taxpayer money to do it.

Miller: sentencing reform act?
Cotton: don't think we shouldn't let dangerous felons out of prison. A small number of federal prisoners are small time. Proposal would allow thousands of violent felons back onto the streets. With their recidivism levels, it is inevitable that violent crime (murder, etc) will go up. Already happened b/c of sentencing commissions recommendations.
Miller: latitude for person who is in for simple possession?
Cotton: yes, that's what I've proposed. Would support DOJ, POTUS looking at cases and using pardon and commutation power.

Miller: questions for Joint Chiefs and SecDef?
Cotton:  Yes. Shows the president's self-defeating attitude. Does the right thing but does it too late.

From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 9:50 AM
To: Yoxall, Collin; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Tom Cotton on KARN now

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From: Yoxall, Collin
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 9:48 AM
To: Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Tom Cotton on KARN now

The staff posted the interview to their Youtube page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=687x0YHBC_o

From: Yoxall, Collin
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:31 AM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Tom Cotton on KARN now

Joining KARN @newsradio1029 now. Tune in!

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