Todd Christopher Young (born August 24, 1972) is an American politician, attorney, and Marine Corps veteran serving as the senior United States senator from Indiana, a seat he has held since 2017.

[3] After graduating from high school, Young enlisted in the United States Navy and reported for duty in Newport, Rhode Island.

Young then led the intelligence department of VMU-2, an unmanned aerial vehicle squadron based in Cherry Point, North Carolina.

After writing a thesis on the economic history of Midwestern agriculture, in 2001 Young received his MA in American politics.

[7] In 2004, he joined Indiana-based Crowe Chizek and Company as a management consultant, helping state and local government clients improve service delivery to Indiana citizens.

[7] On January 26, 2009, Young announced that he would run for the United States congressional seat in Indiana's 9th district as a Republican.

[11][12][13] Young competed with fellow Republicans Mike Sodrel and Travis Hankins for the party's nomination for Congress and won, challenging incumbent Democrat Baron Hill in the general election.

Young was endorsed by former Vice President Dan Quayle,[14] Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman, Attorney General Greg Zoeller, Secretary of State Todd Rokita, Auditor Tim Berry, and Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

[22] In July 2012, Young took over as the lead sponsor of the REINS Act, a bill that passed the House in 2011 and would require congressional approval for rules with greater than $100 million in economic impact.

[24] In 2010, Young said he was uncertain what was causing the observed heating of the planet, that it could be sunspots or normal cycles of nature, and that "the science is not settled".

[25] That same year he signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.

[28] When he introduced the Fairness for American Families Act, Young argued that "rather than driving healthcare costs down, the individual mandate is imposing a new tax and burdensome costs on middle class families" and therefore "hardworking Americans deserve the same exemptions that President Obama is unilaterally granting to businesses and labor unions.

"[30] Rather than run for reelection 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.

On January 3, 2017, Young was sworn into the United States Senate in the 115th Congress by Vice President Joe Biden.

"[49] The South Bend Tribune's editorial board wrote: "Young was right to reject the move that Braun had embraced—but his words should have come two months earlier, not at the last minute.

"[50] Young, however, publicly acknowledged Biden as president-elect immediately following the official Electoral College tally on December 15, 2020.

"[54] In 2022, Young cosponsored, with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the CHIPS and Science Act, a $280 billion bill intended to promote basic and advanced technology research and development, with a focus on the American semiconductor industry, aiming to outcompete China in technological fields in the coming years.

[55][56] Young had also been involved in stalled efforts along similar lines on a bill known as United States Innovation and Competition Act in 2021.

[74] Young opposes the DREAM Act and a pathway to citizenship for the nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

[75] In 2018, he introduced a bill cosponsored with Senator Ted Cruz to end family separations at the border that resulted from President Trump's "zero tolerance" policy.

[79] In 2016, Young was among the Republicans who voted with Democrats in favor of a spending amendment to uphold President Obama's executive order prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation for federal contractors.

[83] In March 2019, Young was one of 12 senators to cosponsor a resolution that would impose a constitutional amendment limiting the Supreme Court to nine justices.

The resolution was introduced after multiple Democratic presidential candidates expressed openness to the idea of adding seats to the Supreme Court.

[85] Young supported an Anti-Boycott Act,[86] which would make it illegal for U.S. companies to engage in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

[93] In 2021, Young introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Tim Kaine that would repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations of war, which have been used by the executive to wage prolonged conflict in the Middle-East without congressional approval.

He met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen, senior leaders, and private sector representatives to discuss U.S.-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, and other significant issues of mutual interest.