A handful of President-elect Trump’s picks for Cabinet jobs haven’t completed their ethics reviews and are late disclosing potential conflicts of interest.

Democrats are using this to argue against quick confirmation, and on this they are right. Senate committees should not send nominees for a floor vote before ethics reviews are complete and have been discussed at a panel hearing. Republicans accuse Democrats of politicizing the nomination process, but the GOP is giving Democrats ammo. The public, too, is entitled to know that longstanding ethics vetting practices have been undertaken and that nominees have been approved in committee only after any problems have been addressed.