Don Young

Republication Don Young is Alaska's sole representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to the seat in 1973.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=26717 In the 2010 Midterm election he retained his seat against Democratic challenger Harry T. Crawford with 68.95% of the vote.http://www.adn.com/3771M Young ran while being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for his ties to Veco Corp. and a Florida earmark.http://www.adn.com/2010/11/02/1531664/crawford-young-vie-for-house-seat.html Just before the election it was announced that he was no longer under investigation. Young had spent over $1 million on legal fees but refused to discuss the case.http://www.adn.com/2010/11/02/1531664/crawford-young-vie-for-house-seat.html This will be Young's 20th term in the House.http://www.adn.com/2010/11/02/1531664/crawford-young-vie-for-house-seat.html Congressman Young was the 2nd ranking Republican member and the 7th ranking overall member of the House of Representatives in 2009.http://donyoung.house.gov/Biography/

Young is a widower who was born on June 9, 1933 in Meridian, CA. He makes his home in Fort Yukon, AK. He has two children. After graduating from Chico State University with a B.A. in teaching, Young served in the U.S. Army, worked in construction, and tried his hand at commercial fishing, trapping, and searching for gold.http://donyoung.house.gov/Biography/ He taught a 25-student, 5th grade elementary class in the Bureau of Indian Affairs school.http://donyoung.house.gov/Biography/ He captained his own tug and barge operation and today is the only licensed mariner in Congress.http://donyoung.house.gov/Biography/

Before being elected to the House, Young served as a Senator to the Alaska State Senate (1970-1973), Representative to the Alaska State House of Representatives (1966-1970), as well as Mayor of Fort Yukon (1964-1966).http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=26717 When first elected to the House in 1973, he was named “Freshman Congressman of the Year” after finding himself leading the battle for approval of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline.http://donyoung.house.gov/Biography/

Young has been given several awards for his work, including the 2010 Denali Award, an award given to non-Native people for contributions to the Alaska Native community.http://donyoung.house.gov/ He has also won the Congressional Management Foundation's "Gold Mouse Award", Americans for Tax Reform Hero of the Taxpayers Award, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Enterprise Award, and others.http://donyoung.house.gov/Biography/Awards.htm

Over the years Young has been able to co-author and author many bills. Bills introduced by Young over 2009 and 2010 include the following:

• H.J.RES.27 : Safeguarding America's Future Economy Act of 2009http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.49 : American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act 2009http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.844 : Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2009.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.1381 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend existing elective tax treatment for Alaska Native Settlement Trusts 2009http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.2865 : Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Implementation Act of 2009http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.3568 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native Corporations 2009http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.4837 : School Accountability Improvement Act of 2010.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.4848 : Tax Cut Job Creation Act of 2010.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.5352 : Alaska Clean Energy Development Act 2009.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29:
• H.R.6265 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically-engineered fish 2009http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28rep+young+don%29: