Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa and Nancy Jean Schiffer answered questions before the the Senate Health, Education, Labor an Pensions Committee this morning, less than a week after their nominations to the National Labor Relations Board were announced and just one day after they met with Senators. The committee is expected to hold a vote on their nominations Wednesday, a breath-takingly quick march through the approval process.
The pace is the result of a deal Senate Republicans struck with the Democratic majority last week to avoid a threatened filibuster showdown. The deal involved the White House pulling two of its five NLRB nominees, Richard Griffin and Sharon Block. Instead they were replaced Hirozawa and Schiffer.
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