More than a thousand people gathered for a protest outside the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday denouncing what they called a breach of secure information by Elon Musk and his associates. The protest came as the Trump administration said it would close the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and place 168 employees on leave. Lawmakers including Arizona Congressmember Yassamin Ansari were denied access as they tried to enter the EPA’s headquarters Thursday.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari: “In Phoenix last year, we saw 143 days above 100-degree temperatures. Hundreds of people die on our streets every summer as a result of extreme heat. We also have some of the worst air pollution in the country that we’re working to combat. And these attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency cannot stand.”