Congressman Tom Cotton, the Republican running for Senate in Arkansas, blasts his Democratic opponent, Mark Pryor, for refusing to debate foreign policy issue.

“As I travel the state, I hear from Arkansans who are truly fearful about our national security and their family’s safety. The Islamic State has rampaged across the Middle East, beheading Americans, crucifying Christians, and enslaving women and girls. They’re reportedly attempting to cross our porous southern border to attack us on our own soil. Meanwhile, Iran continues its race toward nuclear weapons, while developing missiles that, according to the U.S. Air Force, could in less than four months be capable of reaching Arkansas. Vladimir Putin is carving up Ukraine and other European democracies at will—aggression unprecedented since the 1930s—and supplying missiles to thugs who shoot civilian aircraft out of the sky. And Chinese pilots are buzzing American aircraft as if they’re Maverick in Top Gun,” writes Cotton in a statement.