Wishing You a Merry Christmas 

I want to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas. This is a special time of year to gather with family and friends, celebrate our traditions, and reflect on our many blessings.

We are especially grateful for the men and women of our armed forces, particularly those deployed away from home this Christmas. Thank you for your service and sacrifice that make our freedom possible.

Wherever you may be this holiday season, I wish you a safe, joyful Christmas and a happy New Year.

Click here or above for a Christmas greeting.

Helping Hoosiers this Year

This year, my team helped more than 2,800 Hoosiers resolve cases before federal agencies. The work of our constituent services team resulted in nearly $30 million being returned to Hoosier taxpayers. Read our full annual report here.

Inquiries from members of Congress can help kickstart the process for constituents in need of assistance when navigating federal agencies. In addition to helping constituents receive benefits, our team helps expedite passport applications, obtain missing commendation medals for veterans, navigate international adoption cases, and more.

I’m grateful for our team and their continued commitment to helping Hoosiers. If we can help you in any way, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Hoosiers who need help with a federal agency can click here.

Revitalizing Great Lakes Shipbuilding

I led a bipartisan letter with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) that calls on President Donald Trump to ensure that implementation of his Executive Order “Restoring America’s Shipbuilding Dominance” strengthens and revitalizes the Great Lakes shipbuilding industry. Specifically, we called on the Trump Administration to establish Maritime Prosperity Zones in regions outside the traditional coastal shipbuilding centers, including the Great Lakes.

We share the President's goal of a revitalized shipbuilding and maritime manufacturing industry and believe that the hardworking people and dynamic economies of the Great Lakes region will be essential to achieving it. The Great Lakes are already home to shipbuilders, manufacturers, steel producers, casting and forging, and maritime industry suppliers. In many ways, the Great Lakes states are well positioned for sustained national investment that would build on the current shipbuilding and manufacturing capacity in the region.

Read more here.

Help for Hoosiers 

Navigating federal agencies can be difficult. My staff and I are here to assist Hoosiers who are having trouble receiving benefits, have questions regarding a program or procedure, or have not heard back from these agencies in a timely manner.

Learn more about how we can help here.

Local News

The Hamilton County Reporter - Senator Young’s office helps 2,800 Hoosiers in 2025

Dredgewire - US Senators Young, Baldwin Lead Effort to Revitalize Great Lakes Shipbuilding

The Ripon Advance - Young heads up bipartisan plan to designate new National Heritage Area in Illinois, Indiana

WSBT - Passage of defense bill formally ends Iraq war authorization from 1991, 2002

WNIN - Effort Launched To Get Ship Named After City

Thank you for the continued privilege to serve you in the U.S. Senate. My mission is to fight on behalf of Hoosiers and the interests that are unique to our state. I look forward to working with you, and sharing our progress, in the days ahead. 

In Service,