Senator Todd Christopher Young is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator for Indiana, a seat he has held since 2017.
He was elected to the United States Senate in the November 8, 2016, general election, succeeding retiring Republican Dan Coats. His political affiliation is with the Republican party. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.
On January 26, 2009, Young contested his first election for the congressional seat from the 9th district of Indiana, United States. In 2013 the National Journal gave Young an overall composite rating on foreign policy, with a rating of 77% conservative and 15% liberal.
Rather than run for re-election to the House, Young announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 election to fill the Senate seat of the retiring Dan Coats.
Young was born on August 24, 1972, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But, he moved to Hamilton County years later. He enrolled at Carmel High School, where he graduated in 1990.
After graduating high school, Young was enlisted in the U.S. Navy. In 1991, he got an appointment to attend the U.S. Navy Academy in Annapolis. There, he graduated cum laude and earned a Bachelor’s degree in political science in 1995.
He subsequently received a commission into the U.S. Marine Corps. There, he specialized in antiterrorism and counter-narcotics works.
After his graduation, Young trained for half a year at the Basic School, Quantico. He earned an MBA from the University of Chicago in 2000. He left active service with the rank of captain in 2000.
After leaving service, Young furthered to earn his M.A. in American politics at the University of London’s Institute of United States Studies in 2001.
Crapo then traveled across Europe to study the economic transition of some Eastern European countries. He also taught public affairs at Indiana University. During this time, he also goes to law school at night.
In 2006, he earned his J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law. He subsequently started practicing at Paoli’s Indiana-based Tucker and Tucker P.C.
Young started his political career as a staffer for U.S. Senator Richard Lugar. In 2003, he volunteered for Mitch Daniel’s governorship campaign. He was a delegate to the Indiana state convention for Republicans.
He was also an Assistant Deputy Prosecutor for Orange County, Indiana, from 2007 to 2010.
In 2010, Young ran for the U.S. House of Representatives from the Ninth District. He received endorsements from several political figures.
He won the race and was reelected in 2012 and 2014. Rather than run for reelection into the House of Reps in 2016, Young announced his intention to replace retiring Senator Dan Coats.
After successfully winning the primaries, he defeated Democrat Evan Bayh to assume the seat.
As a Senator, Young has sponsored and cosponsored several laws, including bills and reforms supporting human and child rights and LGBT rights. His administration also fostered state and national security, immigration acts, and foreign policies.
Young is a pro-life and anti-abortion advocator. He is endorsed with a 100% rating by the pro-life committee, NRLC. He was also a cosponsor of law to defund Planned Parenthood.
Young voted in favor of the act to prohibit discrimination on sexual orientation. But, he believes the state should make its decisions on same-sex marriage.
Young has always stood with efficient enforcement of the law. He supported the Police Mental Health Bill, which Trump signed into law. He was also a cosponsor of the Endless Frontier Act.
You can find out more about the senator here.
Here’s our collection of the best Todd Young Quotes.
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Todd Young Quotes on Politics/Power
In each and every election, it’s your rights, it’s your freedoms, it’s your interests that are on the ballot.
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Establishment, career politicians are about saying one thing and doing another.
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We live in a representative democracy, characterized by free and fair elections and peaceful transfers of power. After most elections, roughly half of Americans are thrilled with the results; the other half are profoundly disappointed.
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Not everything can be solved by the government.
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The American people deserve an honest assessment of the state of our foreign affairs.
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In my experience, all Americans – Republicans, Democrats, and everyone in between – want roughly the same thing: an assurance that if they work hard, they can create a better life for themselves and their families. They want to feel safe in their communities and secure in their future.
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It typically takes bipartisan work to build enough consensus to get things through our legislative process.
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Elections should highlight principled disagreements, but they must not obscure our capacity to cooperate for the common good.
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There’s an appetite for advancing conservative solutions and not just talking about them.
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People are so frustrated by electing people to represent them in Washington, D.C., and having them immediately forget about the Hoosiers they represent.
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Todd Young Quotes on Society/Equality
Social-impact partnerships address our moral responsibilities to ensure that social programs actually improve recipients’ lives, and to do so in a fiscally prudent manner.
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As a parent, I know I speak for millions when I say that every child deserves to grow up in a stable, loving home.
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Our nation must come together as only Americans can.
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Todd Young Quotes on Business/Tax/Economy
Safety-net programs must make efficient use of taxpayer resources and harness the capabilities of recipients by helping them move back into the workforce.
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I will never, ever balance a budget on the backs of our seniors.
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We may not realize it, but a crucial step in building a healthy economy is helping people move from welfare to work.
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As the son of a small business owner, I know how regulatory overreach can stifle our economy and cost Americans jobs.
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We need a conservative welfare reform initiative that is focused on putting people back to work and ensures taxpayer money is only spent on programs that have been proven to work.
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It’s extremely hard for the economy to grow when the workforce is shrinking.
We need to simplify the tax code to reward Americans for working hard, investing, saving – and allow families to keep more of their own money.
Getting the budget balanced, regulatory reform, tax reform – I think these lead to economic growth.
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Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.
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We need to make sure that joblessness never pays more than employment.
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Todd Young Quotes on Security
The Humvee is an American military icon and will continue to be for decades. It is an essential part of U.S. military operations.
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In the Marine Corps, we’re taught to put America above ourselves.
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I actually understand what a Marine on the ground goes through. I’ve seen generals and admirals struggle with different situations.
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U.S. national security interests are best served when the United Nations effectively fulfills this core purpose.
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Intelligence work in the Marine Corps proved to me the strategic value in establishing a Central Command to act as a clearinghouse for disparate bits and floating bytes of information.
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I spend roughly two out of every three nights at my house in Indiana.
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Todd Young Quotes on Terrorism
As someone who took an oath to defend this country, I refuse to sit idle until the unimaginable occurs: Iran cheats or simply runs out the clock, and the largest state sponsor of terrorism threatens the United States and its allies with a nuclear weapon.
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Todd Young Quotes on Rights/Justice/Constitution
The issue most on Hoosiers’ minds is job creation, job retention, and household income.
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It is both wrong and short-sighted to believe that we can better protect our national security interests by ignoring or sidelining human rights.
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Promoting and protecting human rights internationally is not just a matter of principle or morality – doing so also serves our national security interests.
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Our message of ensuring every Hoosier has access to a quality education that turns into a good paying job that ultimately leads to a meaningful career with access to affordable health care, is resonating.
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Through a respectful exchange of ideas and emphasis on shared goals, I am confident we can put many of our disagreements behind us to ensure a better future for all Americans.
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Other Todd Young Quotes
Freedom requires us to view people as wanting the opportunity to earn their success.
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I’m proud of my dad’s name. But I’m not running on my dad’s name. I’m running on my dad’s values.
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I like to overcome great challenges.
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I think I’ve demonstrated… that I’m a good fundraiser.
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A rising tide lifts most boats. But some boats require patching.
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Modern media has a real tendency to focus on the divisions rather than the commonalities.
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Clearly, there are persistent differences in our country.
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Everything in my life I owe to God, my family, the Naval Academy, and the Marine Corps.
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I’m a competitive person.
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One of the things I learned at the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps is we have to make tough decisions.
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Summary
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Stay strong!
Mr. Young,
There is a lot of news regarding President Biden. One of my concerns is, why is Biden giving money to other countries, such as Afghanistan, which is a terrorist country, instead of helping the American people or shoring up Social Security? It appears he is not concerned with the United States of America at all.
Thank you, and I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Burlingham