While Tuberville has no plans to release his blanket freeze, he will attempt to push Gen. Eric M. Smith’s nomination to the floor individually.
Multiple Democratic senators delivered comments Tuesday at the sign installation organized by the progressive VoteVets Political Action Committee, which has run ads against the senator’s hold on nominees.
Tuberville opposes the Department of Defense policy that grants leave and travel allowances for service members seeking reproductive care that is not covered by the federal government. Those services can include in vitro fertilization, egg retrieval or abortion. Reed and Klobuchar were joined in delivering remarks by Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
The routine unanimous process for nominations allows senators to approve hundreds of military promotions simultaneously rather than bringing them to the floor for individual votes, which could take up to three months, according to aTuberville has refused to budge. On Tuesday, Klobuchar and Duckworth highlighted that among the delayed nominees are the U.S. military representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, and the head of U.S. Cyber Command.
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