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The golden age of the United States of America promises unprecedented abundance for our nation. President Donald Trump’s historic agenda delivers on this promise by, at long last, unleashing our technology and natural resources. Leveraging these forces towards increased efficiency will revitalize our manufacturing, infrastructure, and national strength. As a friend of the president, a member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and co-chair of the Public Works Caucus, I am proud to be a part of this revolutionary project.

Artificial intelligence is an inflection point that will guide all future technological advancement. Through his executive order on “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” and the announcement of the Stargate project, President Trump has departed from former President Joe Biden’s anti-technology agenda, with a clear vision to harness AI as a force for American power and prosperity. AI will integrate into systems including drones, cars, trains, boats, roads, bridges, sewers, factories, military assets, hospitals, power grids, and our very government, thus empowering us to build national capacity and wealth on a scale never before seen.

To leverage this power, we need resources. We must utilize our own bounties of minerals, rather than outsourcing to countries with slave labor and no environmental protection. We must access our vast reserves of natural gas and further stimulate the domestic energy industry by encouraging exports. We should also develop sensible renewables like nuclear and solar energy. This energy boom will affordably power our homes, businesses, hospitals, and the data centers needed to power AI.

We cannot realize this vision unless we fix our government’s deep inefficiencies. Our government is storing records in limestone caves and running on 65-year-old software. Permitting on essential national projects drags on for years and years. This cannot go on, and technology offers us a way out.

The Department of Government Efficiency, formerly the United States Digital Service, is the vehicle for digital transformation of our government. USDS was in fact created by President Barack Obama for digital modernization but failed in this task. While DOGE is currently focused on financial audits, a top priority must be digital modernization of our government. This digitization should empower federal workers with AI tools and accelerate the speed of governance.

I work closely with the Federal Aviation Administration through southern New Jersey’s FAA Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace. This facility, which is now being used to validate the Starlink terminal system for air traffic control, was codified into federal law through last year’s FAA Reauthorization. That same legislation directed the development of a comprehensive FAA Data Portal. The FAA should use this authority to build a database and workflow system that improves regulatory transparency and allows FAA employees to better coordinate complex certification and airspace integration projects. We should implement this same approach across all agencies and allow federal employees access to digital AI tools to much more quickly develop rules, assess impacts, and grant regulatory approvals. This transition to a technological republic is an essential step in achieving renewed national prosperity.

By leveraging technology, unleashing our natural resources, and accelerating the pace of our government, we will bring about the golden age of the United States. This renaissance will deliver generational prosperity for our nation and is exactly what the American people voted for.