Republicans are dodging fired federal staff: ‘They will not even look in our direction’

Members of Congress are accused of hiding out when workers have sought answers on why their jobs were axed

Workers hit by the Trump administration's sweeping cuts of federal government jobs, programs and services turned to congressional Republicans for help. But Republicans don't want to talk about it, according to people who have tried to reach the politicians.

Sabrina Valenti, a former budget analyst for the Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), was fired in February, then reinstated, and fired again weeks later.