Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee suspended the rules on Thursday in order to approve President Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency after Democrats boycotted the meeting.

Committee rules required a quorum to be present in order to do any committee business, which required at least one Democrat to be present. But in light of an ongoing Democratic boycott of several committees, Republicans changed the rules, and unanimously confirmed the nominee, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, in an 11-0 vote.