up the senate to get cloture votes, and then we passed alexandra baker, the deputy under secretary of defense for policy 75-21. we passed douglas bush, assistant secretary of the army, 95-2. i don't know if senator hawley was one of those two. i assume he was. and we passed patrick coffey, general counsel for the navy 79-17. and then on february 2 by unanimous consent we passed gabriel camarillo, under secretary of the army and andrew hunter, assistant secretary of the air force by unanimous consent. so this is not about regular order. this is about trying to use the senate process for his own personal ambitions and that's unfortunate, mr. president. it's unfortunate because it doesn't get us the individuals who we need to get confirmed to make government run, and it's unfortunate because it doesn't accomplish what he says he wants. so, mr. president, i'm disappointed to hear that we are not going to move these nominees forward, and i hope at some point my colleague will reconsider. i yield the floor. mr. thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous