WOODLAWN, Md. (WBAL) — A Baltimore County city corridor was held Thursday evening at Woodlawn Excessive Faculty to debate the way forward for the Social Safety Administration and Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid.
“Let the progressives rise, they may get us out of this mess not the millionaires sitting on stage,” one resident mentioned.
Over 600 folks registered for the townhall concerning President Trump administration’s Division of Authorities Effectivity or DOGE cuts, or chance of cuts to federal jobs.
“The entire uncertainty, we’ve been getting calls, and a lack of knowledge of what comes tomorrow,” Baltimore County councilman Pat Younger, mentioned.
County Councilman Pat Younger, who represents the district, mentioned he needed to host the city corridor so residents may share how they’ve been personally impacted by federal job cuts with Democratic state lawmakers.
A spouse of a veteran shared her opinion on the longer term with the lawmakers.
“I by no means felt so unsure about what our future holds and i do know i shouldn’t be feeling like this after so many sacrifices,” she mentioned.
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume have been engaged in discussions with residents who shared how they’ve been personally impacted by the federal cuts.
“It’s not solely an assault on our civil servants however it’s an assault on the folks they serve,” Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, mentioned.
The subject of management on the federal democratic degree additionally got here up.
“We’d like urgently within the Seanate Democratic Caucus urgently to have a dramatic change that we take,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, mentioned.
The county mentioned 20% of residents are over the age of 65 with about 16% counting on Medicaid and round 13% counting on Medicare. The county added 16% of SSA workers are veterans and the SSA is the county’s greatest employer.
U.S. Congressman Johnny Olszewski additionally had a consultant within the crowd throughout Thursday’s city corridor. Former governor and commissioner of the Social Safety Administration Martin O’Malley couldn’t attend the occasion.
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