Yeah.

We've gotta do something about that, and that's why we're seeing different political movements, like the DSA, for example, be really popular amongst young people, 'cause they're saying, "Hey, I did everything right.

I was raised on the American dream.

I went to college.

I got a respectable degree.

I'm not just working a nine-to-five, I'm working an eight to six, and I'm not buying my avocado toast and coffee, yet still a home is out of reach." So that's top of mind for me, and that's my reality.

But two of the issues I really wanna focus on, number one, social media, and the other I wanna talk about making it easier to afford having another kid or having your first kid.

[laughs]

Yeah.

We've gotta do something about that, and that's why we're seeing different political movements, like the DSA for example, be really popular amongst young people, 'cause they're saying, "Hey, I did everything right.

I was raised on the American dream.

I went to college.

I got a respectable degree.

I'm not just working a nine to five, I'm working an eight to six, and I'm not buying my avocado toast and coffee, yet still a home is out of reach." So that's top of mind for me, and that's my reality.

But two of the issues I really wanna focus on, number one, social media, and the other I wanna talk about making it easier to afford having another kid or having your first kid.

[laughs]

Now, uh, Riley, does anyone say you're too young, or is it mostly, "Bravo, get in early and build some seniority and do stuff for Utah"?

Some people do say that.

Uh, the Constitution puts the, the floor at, at 25.

I just turned 28 a few weeks ago.

Uh, but what I say to them is, "It's not the, the years and the life, it's the life and the years." And I've packed a lot of time and, and interesting opportunities.

People have invested in me and taken risks, but that's included my time in the Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer, time serving in the White House or helping build a defense technology startup going in and out of Ukraine at the cutting edge of AI-enabled drones.

So all these experiences give me a unique vantage point from government, the military, and the private sector that I think a lot of politicians are missing when they just go to Washington and they spend decades there and forget what it's like to be in industry or serve in the military.

Uh, what, what's your basic pitch, Riley Owen, to the people of Utah's First District? Why you?