SUITLAND, Md. (DC News Now) — Hundreds in Maryland came out Tuesday night to the Suitland High School auditorium to voice their concerns in Prince George’s County during a town hall for fired federal workers.
There are roughly 40,000 federal workers in the county.
That’s why more than 800 people, worried about their future, crowded into a town hall, hosted by Congressman Glenn Ivey. He took questions from dozens of concerned constituents on the microphone.
“The people in my district and around the D.C. metropolitan area are most concerned of the impact on government employees and this is having a devastating impact on the DMV and all around the country and 80% of government employees live outside the Washington area,” Ivey said.
Cheverly resident Laurie Pickard was one of many who attended the town hall meeting. She is worried about her job because she works for former federal government contractor, Resonance for US-AID.
“I feel incredibly fortunate to still have a job but I am angry for what has been done to the business I work for,” she said. “I have been affected by the actions of Trump and Musk, and it’s disseminated the business I work for and prior to all this our business had 100 employees and we now have 20 and we expect that to go down further,” Pickard said.
Ivey told DC News Now that he and his staff held four town hall meetings in recent weeks and is planning to hold more in the near future.
