🛡️ Mobilizing America’s Best

The next national emergency won’t wait for bureaucratic red tape in D.C. Whether it’s a cyberattack, natural disaster, or foreign threat—we need our military and private sector partners to be ready.

The problem: The Defense Production Act (DPA), which gives the federal government emergency powers to mobilize industry in a national crisis, was written in 1950—when national security meant steel plants and shipyards. Today’s threats are digital, decentralized, and fast-moving, and the DPA hasn’t kept up.

We need a system that connects the best minds in industry with their counterparts in the Department of Defense—before the crisis hits.

The solution: Earlier this week, I introduced the bipartisan FORCE Act to create a modern-day reserve corps—mobilizing America’s top private-sector talentwhen our nation needs it most.

Here’s how it would work:

✅ Establishes a volunteer reserve of experts in fields like cybersecurity, logistics, and emergency response
✅ Allows the President to activate these teams during national emergencies
✅ Embeds reserve units at key agencies like Homeland Security, Defense, and Commerce
✅ Ensures transparency in training, readiness, and deployment

Bottom Line: We can’t win tomorrow’s fight with yesterday’s playbook. This bill brings national defense into the modern age—fast, flexible, and focused on real-world threats.