Overview

• Sen. Brian Schatz has placed procedural holds on over 300 Trump administration nominees, including an additional 50 as of Monday, April 7, 2025.
• Key nominees affected include former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito for Labor Department inspector general and Scott Kupor for the Office of Personnel Management.
• The holds have been extended across more than a dozen federal agencies, including a complete block on all State Department nominees.
• Schatz is also obstructing nine bipartisan foreign affairs bills, citing insufficient oversight by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
• Republicans can bypass the holds, but the process is slow and has caused significant delays in Senate operations, deepening the partisan standoff.