Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., reversed course on vowing to object to President Joe Biden’s nominees because of a lack of Asian American and Pacific Islander representation Tuesday evening after a spokesperson from her office said she had received assurances from the Biden administration.

“Senator Duckworth appreciates the Biden administration’s assurances that it will do much more to elevate AAPI voices and perspectives at the highest levels of government, including appointing an AAPI senior White House official to represent the community, secure the confirmation of AAPI appointments and advance policy proposals that are relevant and important to the community,” said Ben Garmisa, a spokesperson for Duckworth.

“Accordingly, she will not stand in the way of President Biden’s qualified nominees — which will include more AAPI leaders,” Garmisa said.

Duckworth, who is Asian American, had been joined by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, who also had said she would vote to block nominees for lack of AAPI representation. She, too, changed her position late Tuesday.

Earlier, Duckworth and Hirono had expressed frustration that none of Biden’s 15 secretary-level Cabinet members are Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders.

“There’s no AAPI representation in the Cabinet,” Duckworth told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “There’s not a single AAPI in a Cabinet position. That’s not acceptable. That’s what I told the White House.”

“I’ve been talking to them for months, and they’re still not aggressive, so I’m not going to be voting for any nominee from the White House other than diversity nominees,” she said, “I’ll be a ‘no’ on everyone until they figure this out.”

Duckworth said she told the White House earlier Tuesday about her stance. Hirono had joined Duckworth’s call in an interview Tuesday afternoon on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House.”