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Todd Christopher Young is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Indiana since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Young has focused on various issues including economic growth, national security, and healthcare reform during his tenure in the Senate. He has been involved in legislative efforts aimed at improving the business climate in Indiana and supporting veterans' services.
Nearly 3,000 Hoosier children are currently eligible for adoption while living in foster care. Now, I know all of us can agree that these children and the over 100,000 children in the United States eligible for adoption deserve a stable…
I would absolutely agree. And I throw another wrinkle into this conversation. We need to be identifying ways to control health care costs. Whatever one thinks of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act--as the President's health…
I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue, a bipartisan issue. And I am encouraged to see so many colleagues on both sides of the aisle be here with us this evening to speak out to encourage our leadership, to encourage our…
This hits very close to home. Because for every Zimmer or Biomet I visit in the State of Indiana, there have to be four or five small, fledgling businesses that aspire to become the next Zimmer or Biomet of the world. We're inhibiting…
They are, indeed. And the numbers add up quickly. Right now, you indicated we're looking at a semi-monthly payment of this tax by our device companies. Roughly $100 million is due to the Internal Revenue Service semi-monthly as a result of…
the preparedness of Central Indiana for a mass casualty event, is not only an essential one that we air publicly, it is one that is near and dear to my heart.
we need to continue to do everything possible to prepare for these contingencies.
I think that was the right thing to do, the right vote to cast. It certainly preserved the precedent that it is this body that passes the laws, that develops the legislation. It's the job of the executive branch to sign those various acts…
That's what most Hoosiers think as well. I think I've traveled quite a bit, gotten to know people around the country. And I don't believe I've encountered, I reckon, anyone who thought that full-time was 30 hours. So where did this come…
Well, kudos to the one of, what is it, six colleagues on the other side of the aisle that joined us in voting for your bill.
Redundant to the Treasury Department's blog post, it bears reminding. They're sitting over there, gathering dust, as the American people demand relief. It is so important. I want to thank you for your leadership on this issue. Those in…
Out in Colorado: Fort Collins Small Businesses Prepare for Affordable Care Act Changes; The World-Herald: Districts to Cut Back Paraprofessionals' Hours as a Result of Health Care Law. It's already even impacting paraprofessionals right…
That's right. I've seen some Indiana headlines--a number of them--related to some of these effects. One pops out there for me. The Indianapolis News: School Part-Timers Fear Fewer Hours, Less Pay, as Impact of Health Care Law Kicks In…
That's right. And we have legislation here, again, to address this problem, like the Saving American Workers Act. There's lots of cosponsors here in the House.
Why is that happening? Why is that happening? Well, you've got employers that are now mandated to provide health insurance to their employees, and many of them, in order to remain profitable, must change their way of doing business. So…
Let me press ``pause'' here before we read more of these headlines, which are incredibly illustrative and instructive. So many of them deal with the cut in the number of hours for our wage earners during the worst economy since the Great…
There are people behind every one of these headlines. Forbes says: Labor Unions Are Indicating That ObamaCare Will Shatter Our Health Benefits and Cause Nightmare Scenarios. My recollection was that labor was very much behind this bill…
So we're already picking up on some trends here. From a number of the headlines, we're getting the sense that this health care law is not what we were told it would be, what the American people were told it would be. It's not sustainable…
So the Contra Costa Times of Concord says that half of the Affordable Care Act call-center jobs will be part-time. The Missourian says ObamaCare is going to impact Franklin County workers. The Weekly Standard reports Wisconsin grocery…
I think one out of every six members of their conference were supportive of your bill.
Potentially, you, myself and so many other Members of this body agreed with the substance of the President's blog post, though one would question whether we were intended to be a Nation of laws or instead a Nation of blog posts. We could…
Are these some of the very same bills, my good colleague, that the President in recent speeches has characterized as partisan, misguided, meaningless? I do believe you may be referring to some of those bills.
Well, the mandate is that every employer across the United States of America who employs 50 or more persons on a full- time basis must provide government-sanctioned, government-approved health insurance to their employees. Now, look…
Well, it is hogwash. And it's particularly hogwash because among those various reforms that you've itemized there, let's reflect on how much persuasion, how much public argument was required to even bring the President of the United States…
I introduced the bill in response to some of the same things I'm hearing from my colleagues who are, in turn, hearing from their constituents and the sort of things I hear back home in Indiana, which is this is absolutely ridiculous. We're…
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