U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) urged President Donald Trump to suspend negotiations on a civil nuclear agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia following Saudi actions in Yemen and Lebanon, and the recent murder of Read more…
To meet the nation’s growing need for innovation in higher education, U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) last week introduced the Innovation Zone Act. The bipartisan S. 3596, sponsored by Sen. Young on Oct. 11, would promote Read more…
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Todd Young (R-IN) joined a dozen members of Congress in requesting that the nation’s health leaders prioritize approaches to reduce maternal mortality rates in America. In an Oct. 9 letter sent to U.S. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Todd Young (R-IN) are among a bipartisan group of senators who released a discussion draft for the Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act. “Surprise medical billing occurs when a patient receives an unexpected Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) this week helped unveil a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan at the Indiana Statehouse that aims to more quickly unleash fifth-generation wireless, or 5G, the newest cellular technology Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and eight other senators called on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to comply with a new federal law requiring America’s help in ending Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and war, which the United Nations reports has Read more…
Quick, robust enforcement by the U.S. Treasury Department is crucial for the Trump administration’s so-called maximum pressure strategy to succeed against terrorist-financiers like Iran, according to U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and more than a dozen Republican Senate colleagues. The Read more…
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan amendment to the minibus appropriations bill that would increase federal funding by $10 million to support the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) in identifying and processing the remains of fallen American service members. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Aug. 16 introduced companion legislation that would direct the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations related to commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21 to help get Read more…
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) on Aug. 13 met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Los Angeles to reaffirm support from the United States for the East Asia state, which is officially known as the Republic of China. Currently, amid Read more…
A bipartisan provision sponsored by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) that seeks to end war in Yemen and protect civilians in what has become a global humanitarian crisis affecting some eight million people has made it into the final version Read more…
There’s a growing need for innovations in America’s higher education system, where federally funded institutions need regulatory flexibility to better serve vulnerable students so they complete their higher education, and to improve accountability for spending government funds, said U.S. Sens. Read more…
Bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) that includes language from a proposal offered by U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN) toward improving the nation’s career and technical education (CTE) has been signed into Read more…
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee has advanced 11 bills, including three introduced by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), to expand access to Health Savings Accounts (HSA), which currently provide healthcare coverage to more than 25 million Americans. HSAs Read more…
As co-chair of the Senate CTE Caucus, U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) helped advance a bipartisan compromise bill that updates the nation’s main career and technical education (CTE) law out of committee to the full Senate this week. “Career and Read more…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should immediately step in and assist efforts to replenish the nation’s continuously depleted supply of medications and stabilize the American health care system, say U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and a bipartisan group Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) has co-sponsored a bipartisan, bicameral bill to update federal law supporting America’s child abuse victims. The Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018, S. 2961 and H.R. 5955, would reauthorize the Victims Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on May 24 introduced the U.S. Senate version of a bipartisan bill that would incentivize American families receiving housing vouchers to live in areas where they would have more prospects for success. “Although the intent Read more…
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, wants to ensure central Ohio is well-positioned to meet its current and future workforce needs. Sen. Portman participated in the “Future of Workforce” panel Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) has taken a commanding lead in calling for full funding of the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 International Affairs Budget, which finances strategic diplomatic and development tools critical to protecting national security, growing the economy Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced on April 24 by U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) seeks to grow U.S. influence in the Indo-Pacific region and to promote free and open markets based on international rules through a multi-faceted policy framework. “This initiative is Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has spearheaded a bipartisan congressional effort seeking the release of Pastor Andrew Brunson, an American imprisoned in Turkey since 2016 on what the lawmaker’s office deems as bogus charges related to terrorism and espionage. Turkish Read more…
U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Todd Young (R-IN) have introduced a bipartisan bill designed to simplify and streamline the federal drug approval process so that non-addictive and non-opioid treatments can make their way into patients’ hands faster. “As our Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced on April 10 by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) would establish pilot programs integrating job training and drug addiction recovery services to improve the likelihood that Americans could successfully beat their use of opioids or other substances. Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation led by Indiana Republicans U.S. Sen. Todd Young and U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks establishing an African American Civil Rights Network site in their home state to honor two of the nation’s brightest pro-freedom stars has been signed Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) wants to withhold United States funding if the Saudi Arabian government refuses to engage in “good faith” negotiations to end the civil war in Yemen, where the resulting humanitarian crisis has become the worst in Read more…
U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Todd Young (R-IN), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Steve Daines (R-MT) joined several colleagues in introducing the U.S. Senate version of a bipartisan bill to beef Read more…
Small and mid-sized medical device manufacturers from around Minnesota last week told U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) they support his ongoing efforts to repeal the medical device excise tax because it impedes private-sector innovation of life-saving equipment. “The permanent repeal Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) joined forces with his Indiana Democratic colleague U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly in leading their home state’s entire congressional delegation in supporting a statewide plan to locate a cyber battalion in Indianapolis. The lawmakers backed a Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) launched his Fair Shot Agenda this week during a series of roundtable discussions with community leaders in several Indiana locations. Sen. Young’s Fair Shot Agenda, a statewide initiative that aims to support each individual’s success, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) spearheaded a group of his Senate colleagues in urging President Donald Trump to revisit consideration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in talks this week with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that are expected to encompass Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) has introduced the bipartisan Advancing Cutting-Edge (ACE) Research Act, H.R. 5002, to make headway on creating non-addictive pain medications that could help Americans stay free of opioid addiction’s grip. “Opioid abuse and addiction is tearing Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) has recommended against the United States issuing any sweeping global or multi-country tariffs and instead should restrict China’s imports of steel and aluminum, which he says are threatening industries in his home state of Indiana. Read more…
Bipartisan legislation from U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN), the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017, became law with President Donald Trump’s signature on Feb. 14. “I am proud this bill has been signed Read more…
U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) continues a bipartisan collaboration with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on fighting Alzheimer’s disease and has requested President Donald Trump bolster related research funding in his fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. Alzheimer’s disease Read more…
Several U.S. Republican senators recently wrote to President Donald Trump quantifying how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) supports U.S. economic development and workforce livelihood and seeking his support for modernizing the trade pact. Representatives of the United States, Read more…
The U.S. Senate on Dec. 21 passed the bipartisan, bicameral Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017, legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) to support law enforcement officers through mental health services. The measure now heads Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to provide more American students with access to quality, in-demand global education programs. Specifically, the Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act, S. 2255, would reauthorize Title VI of the Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced by Republicans from Indiana U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks and Sen. Todd Young to support law enforcement mental health programs moved a step closer to becoming law with unanimous passage in the House this week. “Our police Read more…
Bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) to support economically distressed communities passed out of the Senate Finance Committee on Nov. 16 as part of the Senate tax reform bill currently under consideration. The Read more…
Recently introduced legislation from U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Dean Heller (R-NV), would enable end-stage renal disease (ESRD) dialysis patients to avoid appointments at different health care providers and instead receive comprehensive care at one location, a step toward Read more…
States would be able to test strategies to improve case management services for individuals receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) aid under bicameral legislation introduced on Monday by U.S. Sen. Todd Young and U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, both Indiana Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) led a bipartisan congressional call for concrete actions to be taken toward ending the Burmese government’s campaign of ethnic cleansing carried out against the Rohingya Muslim minority. In an Oct. 20 letter to United Nations Read more…
Fighting for the funds to continue making improvements to the largest freshwater system in the world, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) on Monday called on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to include $300 million for the Great Lakes Read more…
Legislation from U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) would improve the Medicare enrollment process by establishing a system to alert seniors as they approach eligibility and by addressing coverage gaps that disrupt benefits. Under the Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Read more…
Indiana Republican leaders, U.S. Sen. Todd Young and U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks and Jackie Walorski, traveled with President Donald Trump to Indiana on Wednesday to unveil a unified tax reform plan that aims to create more jobs while helping Americans Read more…
Citing the need for reforms to United Nations peacekeeping operations, U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) recently led a bipartisan congressional call for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a full review. Young, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Read more…
Highlighting the importance of U.S. global leadership, U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on Monday made the case that modern threats like terrorism, pandemics and cyberattacks require that the United States actively engage with other countries. Young, who delivered his remarks Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) highlighted in a recent keynote address and new bipartisan congressional task force report that reforming U.S. development assistance for the first time since 1961 is in the best interest of national security. Young, a member Read more…
The Department of Education would be required to provide a timeline for implementation of a backlog of Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations under bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN). The Department of Education would also be Read more…