October 27, 2022
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and a group of Senate colleagues today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requesting a thorough assessment of how the spending and inflationary policies passed by Washington Democrats since the beginning of the Biden Administration will affect the nation's fiscal future in both the short- and long-term.
"We write to obtain CBO's assessment of the effects of rapid acceleration of interest rates on net i… Continue Reading
October 19, 2022
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) reintroduced their bipartisan bill, The Student Protection and Success Act, which works to curb skyrocketing student debt by increasing higher education institutions' accountability for their students' ability to repay their loans and requiring institutions to have a vested interest in the success of their students.
The Student Protection and Success Act would enact a series of measures requiring higher education institutions to … Continue Reading
October 14, 2022
Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) released the following statement calling for the passage of their bill to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). The 2002 AUMF was signed into law nearly 20 years ago-on October 16, 2002-and authorized the use of military force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq.
"Decisions as important as whether to send service members into harm's way warrant careful deliberation and consensus, which is why our F… Continue Reading
October 05, 2022
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) recently introduced a bipartisan bill to help foster youth succeed by helping them obtain driver's licenses. The process of getting a driver's license includes high costs and other barriers for foster youth. The Foster Youth and Driving Act works to address these barriers by creating a grant that would help young people in foster care obtain the necessary practice and insurance to get a driver's license.
"Given the hardships face… Continue Reading
September 30, 2022
U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), in conjunction with Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), spearheaded efforts to pass the Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act to further ease the infant formula shortage in the United States. The bill passed the House and Senate yesterday, and it now heads to the President's desk for signature.
The shutdown of the Abbott plant resulted in a nationwide formula shortage and highlighted significant problems in our reg… Continue Reading
