Chuck Darwin"Hang in there. We’ll be coming here every night to try to get you confirmed,” Sullivan said.
During the lengthy floor fight Wednesday, Sullivan or one of his colleagues would call up each nominee by name — 61 in all — extolling their qualifications and, finally, ask for consent to vote to confirm them.
Sullivan noted several times that Tuberville had previously said he’d agree to votes on individual nominees. But Tuberville wouldn’t back down, saying the Pentagon must repeal its policy before he drops his hold.
He rebuffed arguments from his fellow GOP senators that he’s hurting military readiness amid several crises, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s war against Hamas.
“I have to respectfully disagree with my colleagues about the effect of my hold on readiness.
My hold is not affecting readiness,” Tuberville said.
Sullivan shot back that Tuberville’s argument that readiness isn’t impacted is “100 percent wrong.”
“We have a really dangerous world, a really dangerous world right now,” Sullivan said.
“And to say, ‘Oh, don’t worry, this isn’t impacting readiness,’ with all due respect to my colleague, that’s just wrong. It’s not even a close call.”
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