‘I feel like I was criminalized’: Bowie woman loses federal job of 18 years amid government shutdown

LANDOVER, Md. (DC News Now)– The Federal Government is Maryland’s largest employer, with about 70,000 federal workers in Prince George’s County alone. Families are being hit hard, including a Bowie woman who worked 18 years for the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

Adrienne Burch told DC News Now that this is devastating for her family.

“I am trying to be positive, but it is a struggle between being angry and sad, and I feel robbed because my career was taken from me,” Burch said.

Government shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming and no end in sight

After spending much of her adult life working in the Federal Government, Burch lost her job. Wednesday afternoon, she was watering her flowers at home in Bowie…

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