Federal workers who were recently fired or feared losing their government jobs packed into a suburban Virginia high school auditorium on a chilly night to give their congressman an earful about the Trump administration’s chaotic, cost-cutting frenzy.
Susan Perri, a constituent with stage 4 melanoma, said her retired Postal Service worker husband is afraid of losing his retirement benefits. A federal employee who didn’t give his name said he wasn’t sure if he’d have a job the next day. Another talked about his Internal Revenue Service colleagues getting fired. Attendees booed the government shearing efforts of Elon Musk’s Department of ...