Anonymous Holds and the Senate

So, I have a question. If 1) it's not legal for Senators to place holds on nominees without a) announcing the hold in the Congressional Record or b) making a public statement about the hold 2) a Senator has failed to do those things, and yet is holding up nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 3) why should the Senate honor the holds? I really do find this incomprehensible.

I think the Senate has a genuine problem in not requiring its members to play by its own rules or defend their positions. If someone out there believes that because Chai Feldblum is gay, she can't serve reasonably and objectively on the EEOC, they should come out and make that argument, see if it succeeds or fails, and then move on. This mucking about in the shadows and putting everything off forever is useless, and worse, damaging in its delays.