The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.

Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz is taking a stance in part of the democratic fight against the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday he will place a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s nominees to the State Department until