Patriotism Is Back!

President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ended Biden’s historic military recruitment crisis in a matter of months by restoring strength and prioritizing lethality.

Patriotism is back, America is strong again, and the next generation is stepping up to serve! Click here to watch me discuss.

Indiana National Guardsmen Stationed In DC

Great to visit with Indiana National Guardsmen stationed in DC this morning. Grateful for their service and appreciate all they’re doing to keep our nation’s capital safe 

Fox News Sunday Interview

I joined Fox News Sunday to discuss the terrorist attack in Australia and President Trump’s efforts to protect Americans from narco-terrorists and defeat ISIS in Syria. Click here to watch.

Key Wins For Indiana In FY26 NDAA

This week, I proudly voted to pass the FY2026 NDAA delivering key investments in Indiana that I fought to secure. These wins strengthen our military, support Hoosier job growth, and ensure Indiana remains a leader in national defense and technological innovation. Click here to learn more.

The Trump Admin Is Protecting American Families

I participated in a classified briefing with Secretary Hegseth and Secretary Rubio this week and I can tell you this: Secretary Hegseth is doing an incredible job executing President Trump’s strategy to stop deadly drugs from flooding into the country. President Trump is saving American lives.

Just yesterday, President Trump made the decision to label fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. I fully support this decision. He is taking the fight directly to deadly narco-terrorists who profit from poisoning Americans.
In 2023 alone, more than 2,000 people in Indiana died from drug overdoses. Fentanyl was the leading killer.

The first bill I introduced as senator was the Countering Beijing’s Weaponization of Fentanyl Act. This bill treats fentanyl and the chemicals used to make it as weapons under U.S. law and sanctions Chinese Communist Party officials who refuse to stop these deadly ingredients from flowing into our country.

President Trump is working to shut down the fentanyl pipeline once and for all. Too many lives have already been lost. I will continue to stand with him to keep these deadly drugs off our streets and protect American families. Click here and click here to learn more.

Introducing Justin Olson At Nomination Hearing

Honored to introduce President Trump’s judicial nominee for the Southern District of Indiana Justin Olson at his nomination hearing.

Justin has the integrity and proven record we need on the bench. Look forward to voting for his confirmation! Click here to watch.

Worst Of The Worst

Joe Biden let in millions of illegal aliens through his dangerous open border policy. 

Violent criminals have been terrorizing America’s streets, including in Indiana.

A new DHS tool allows users to see some of the “worst of the worst” illegal aliens in all 50 states. Here’s a small sampling of the violent criminals taken off the streets of Indiana:

• Manuel Garcia—Originally from Mexico, he was arrested in Anderson and convicted of rape.
• Tomas Hernandez-Orzuna—Originally from Mexico, he was arrested in Merrillville and convicted of sexual assault and strongarm rape.
• Nelson Alvarez-Godoy—Originally from Honduras, he was arrested in Greencastle and convicted of homicide.
• Van Uk Thawng—Originally from Burma, he was arrested in New Castle and convicted of molestation of a minor and driving under the influence.
• Djamalou Ousseini—Originally from Niger, he was arrested in Indianapolis and convicted of strongarm rape, assault, and kidnapping.
• Richardson Neptune—Originally from Haiti, he was arrested in Indianapolis and convicted of kidnapping.
• Pablo Cocuyo—Originally from Mexico, he was arrested in Bunker Hill and convicted of several counts of burglary.
• Erick Rodriguez-Ortiz—Originally from El Salvador, he was arrested in Washington and convicted of larceny, intimidation, privacy invasion and possession of amphetamines.
• Denny Perez Cardenas—Originally from Cuba, he was arrested in Plymouth and convicted of failure to register as a sex offender, molestation of a minor, enticement of a minor for indecent purposes, and vehicle theft.
• Emiliano Jesus Molina Gutierrez—Originally from Mexico, he was arrested in Indianapolis and convicted of making terroristic threats and escaping from custody

These violent criminals have no business being in Indiana and I will continue to support President Trump in his efforts to deport all illegal aliens from our country.

Click here to see more of the Worst of the Worst.

Classic Learning Test Founder Jeremy Tate

Great meeting with Classic Learning Test founder Jeremy Tate. CLT tests students on foundational concepts in logic, Great Books, and the American founding. I’m proud to have led the fight for it to be used at our service academies and excited that the academies will start accepting the test for admissions in 2027.

Jared Issacman Meeting

Great to meet with President Trump’s nominee for Administrator of NASA Jared Issacman in DC. I look forward to supporting his confirmation tomorrow. Make NASA Great Again!

White House Christmas Party

Great to be at the White House Christmas Party with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. 

Christmas In Columbia City

No place like home for the holidays.

Veterans History Project

The Veterans History Project (VHP) was created by Congress in 2000 to collect and preserve the first-person narratives from United States military veterans from World War I through present day. Please call my office if you are a Hoosier veteran and would like to sit down and share your service story.

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