Todd Young was born in Indianapolis and served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps before earning a J.D. from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives and was elected to the U.S. House in 2010, representing Indiana's 9th congressional district for three terms. Young was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 and re-elected in 2022, making him Indiana's senior senator.
Young serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. He has been a prominent advocate for technology and innovation policy, co-authoring the CHIPS and Science Act to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Young has also focused on workforce development, trade, and strengthening U.S. alliances abroad.
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
- Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety — Chairman
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Subcommittee on Health Care — Chairman
- Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- S. 4629: A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal funds to State and local governments and school districts for payment of obligations, to prohibit the Federal Reserve banks, the Department of the Treasury, and other Federal agencies from financially assisting State and local governments and school districts that have defaulted on their obligations, and for other purposes. — Introduced
- S. 4539: Protecting Charitable Giving Act — Introduced
- S. 4463: WAGES Act of 2026 — Introduced
- S. 4441: CREATE AI Act — Introduced
- SRES. 679: A resolution recognizing April 14, 2026, as "World Quantum Day", and commemorating and supporting the goals of World Quantum Day. — Introduced