[Source.](https://thenewamerican.com/senator-says-hell-keep-holding-up-pentagon-nominees-over-taxpayer-funded-abortion-travel/) > “When word of this new policy leaked in December,” penned Tuberville, “I warned Pentagon officials that I would block their nominees in the Senate if they went through with it. They did it anyway. I’ve kept my word and put a hold on their nominees.” > Predictably, Democrats such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have attacked Tuberville for exercising his prerogative as a senator because it stands in the way of their agenda. > “Senator Schumer and some of the other senators have claimed that my hold on these nominees is unprecedented. Well, it’s not. My hold is far from unprecedented,” Tuberville said Wednesday. “In fact, Senator [Michael] Bennet [D-Colo.] himself threatened to do the exact same thing just a few months ago. Why? Because the Air Force planned to move Space Command from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.… Two years ago, we had a senator from Illinois put a hold on 1,000 nominees over the promotion of one single officer. So far, my hold has affected 184 nominations.”