Fresh protests erupted around Washington, D.C., on Monday condemning Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s deep cuts to the federal workforce. In Silver Spring, Maryland, hundreds of people rallied in front of the offices of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, days after the Trump administration laid off 650 NOAA workers nationwide. This is Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

Mike Tidwell: “I’m here with about a thousand people, at least, demanding that all dismissed workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration be reinstated immediately and no further cuts are made. NOAA is critical to safe seafood that we eat to weather forecasts involving dangerous hurricanes, a million different ways NOAA is a critical part of our lives, and we need to keep this agency strong.”

Over 1,000 people protested the NOAA layoffs in Boulder, Colorado, as well.