You are making a conclusion based on rationality and governments operating correctly (ie. compromised based consensus between different sides of the political aisle)

Tom Cotton is a clown senator that is an symbol of the dysfunction of the US government of the last few decades. He along with a few frequent imbeciles are the reason there is so much dysfunction. If there was any redeeming factor of the current US system, he would be impeached and removed a long time ago.