“We can score political points. We can try to advance some important initiatives. But at some point, it takes sober-minded, responsible conservative leaders to identify when you've pushed as far as you can and to have the courage to go back and face the electorate and explain to them why you voted the way you did.”

American politician and attorney, born 1972

Todd Christopher Young is an American politician and attorney. Since 2017, he has served as the senior United States senator from Indiana. Before that, from 2011 to 2017, he represented Indiana’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House as a member of the Republican Party. Young’s public career has centered on national and state politics. He is best known for his work in Congress, first as a representative and then as a senator, with his record tied to Indiana and to Republican politics.