Bracing frigid temperatures, crowds of former and current federal workers protested the deep cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday, warning it will permanently set back scientific progress in the United States.
The protest comes as thousands have been laid off across HHS and President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency try to shrink the size of the federal government.
A woman who was just laid off as a food safety chemist with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told ABC News the cuts to the agency will make the food supply more dangerous.
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