Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), chair of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a NSCEB commissioner, introduced the National Biotechnology Initiative Act of 2025.  The legislation would set in motion a whole-of-government

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to support shipbuilding in the United States:  “President Trump understands that we need to build more ships here in the United

WASHINGTON – The United States Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution authored by U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) marking April 2025 as National Safe Digging Month. “As Chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation,

**Click here or above to watch Senator Young’s interview.** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News to discuss the importance of biotechnology to America’snational security and how the United States is locked in a competition with

WASHINGTON – Today, the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) delivered its major report and action plan to Congress. U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) is chair of the Commission. The Commission’s top assessment is that urgent Congressional action is needed

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in introducing legislation aimed at ensuring that Great Lakes ports receive a fair share of existing federal funding available for port infrastructure upgrades and repairs. From 2019

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) on bipartisan legislation to reaffirm Congress’ key role in setting and approving U.S. trade policy. The Trade Review Act of 2025, modeled after

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) reintroduced a bill to establish a nonprofit foundation that would support the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by bolstering public-private collaboration on

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined 49 of his Senate colleagues in introducing primary and secondary sanctions against the Russian Federation and actors supporting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. These sanctions would be imposed if Russia refuses to engage in good faith

WASHINGTON – In an effort to bring Americans together through service to the nation and their fellow citizens, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) reintroduced the Unity through Service Act, legislation that would create a whole of government approach to addressing

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship advanced a bill led by U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to crack down on fraudsters. The Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act would prevent

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) in sending a letter to Howard Lutnick, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, requesting the removal of extraneous Biden-era regulations as Secretary Lutnick conducts his review of the

**Click here or above to watch Senator Young’s floor speech.** WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) spoke on the Senate floor about 100th anniversary of WOWO Radio in Fort Wayne. On March 31, 1925, at 500 watts, 1320 on the dial, the Voice

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) led a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking the administration to transfer – and push allies to transfer – more than $300 billion of seized

The following column by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Matthew Pottinger, Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States, was published in The Washington Post on March 24, 2025. By Senator Todd Young and Matthew Pottinger As President Donald

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) reintroduced the Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act to protect American energy from eco-terrorists. Current federal law applies criminal penalties for “knowingly and willfully damaging or destroying”

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) voted for the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, legislation that would permanently list fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances Act. This permanent classification would provide law enforcement with the

The following column by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and General David Berger was published in The Hill on March 14, 2025. By Senator Todd Young and General David Berger As America confronts an ambitious economic and military peer in China,

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), along with 13 of his Senate Republican colleagues, reintroduced the Fair and Open Competition Act (FOCA), which would prevent the federal government from mandating project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal projects funded by taxpayers. This

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined 11 of his Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Donald J. Trump to express the strong support among Senate Republicans for the President’s peace through strength agenda and to highlight the