Robert Andrews actually said...

I believe the right way to resolve this is to put these two nominations up for a vote in the Senate.

And let us get the board functioning again by insisting that the Senate take a vote, an up/down vote on the people who were nominated.

I think if the purpose of a pro forma session is to avoid presidential appointments that is an invalid exercise of that clause.

It means that abuse of the doctrine of advise and consent has paralyzed the ability of the National Labor Relations Board to do anything.