Don Bacon: “I will tell you, Russia and China today are laughing at us because we just fired the absolute best leaders.”

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

The go-it-alone approach fails us in the end

I think it was important for him to level with the American people. This is going to be a tough fight.

The speaker is a friend, I admire him, but if he won’t let legislation come to the floor that the majority supports, this is an avenue.