Quotes from Todd Young

I think it's essential that we do more than talk about austerity measures and cutting.

In the House, you can predictably spend roughly four to seven days back home with family.

Everything in my life I owe to God, my family, the Naval Academy, and the Marine Corps.

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.

We need to make sure that joblessness never pays more than employment.

As bad as the Obama administration is at trying to legislate without legislators, all too often, Congress is responsible for handing them the 'pen and phone.'

Clearly, there are persistent differences in our country.

The best way I can think of to give back is to ensure that every Hoosier family enjoys a better future.

I will never, ever balance a budget on the backs of our seniors.

Indiana's ninth congressional district isn't historically known as a fount of congressional contributions. That said, if you look at my fundraising history, we've succeeded.

Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.

Freedom requires us to view people as wanting the opportunity to earn their success.

Does it seem like Washington's rigged for the well connected? That's because it is.

It typically takes bipartisan work to build enough consensus to get things through our legislative process.

As someone who took an oath to defend this country, I refuse to sit idle until the unimaginable occurs: Iran cheats or simply runs out the clock, and the largest state sponsor of terrorism threatens the United States and its allies with a nuclear weapon.

Establishment, career politicians are about saying one thing and doing another.

We need a conservative welfare reform initiative that is focused on putting people back to work and ensures taxpayer money is only spent on programs that have been proven to work.

In the Marine Corps, we're taught to put America above ourselves.

Getting the budget balanced, regulatory reform, tax reform - I think these lead to economic growth.

Elections should highlight principled disagreements, but they must not obscure our capacity to cooperate for the common good.

We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.

Through a respectful exchange of ideas and emphasis on shared goals, I am confident we can put many of our disagreements behind us to ensure a better future for all Americans.

I'm a libertarian-conservative. I believe the state should focus on defending lives, rights, and property instead of depriving its citizens of their God-given liberties.

Promoting and protecting human rights internationally is not just a matter of principle or morality - doing so also serves our national security interests.