Don Bacon: “We just want to make sure that we have a quality safety net that works and that also protects the taxpayers.”

I think it's better to acknowledge, hey, this is hard on the families, it's hard on the service members.

We still have the advantage, but we have to be patient.

I am grateful to our friends at Space for Humanity for bringing this idea to us, and to Sen. Kelly and our co-leads for working together to recognize these extraordinary astronauts.

It’s an unchristian policy we’re seeing here.