Sen. Patty Murray ‘deeply concerned’ over layoffs at Washington nuclear site

Sen. Murray also criticized reports that hundreds of FAA employees were fired over the weekend.

SEATTLE — The Trump administration’s reported decision to fire hundreds of employees who were part of the nation’s nuclear system, including some at the Hanford nuclear site in central Washington, has Sen. Patty Murray “deeply concerned.”

“These are everyone from safety inspectors to people who deal with cybersecurity across the board, and they basically were laying off the newest, latest employees that had only been there a year or two,” Murray told KING 5 on Monday. “These are often our best and brightest. They have the new technology, and this is

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