U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is slamming potential cuts to the Watervliet Arsenal Workforce.

According to a Pentagon proposal, the Trump Administration’s Department of Governmental Efficiency, or DOGE, plans to lay off 40% of arsenal workers. That’s some 300 Capital Region jobs, and many of the workers are veterans.

The senator wrote a letter to the head of the Army, saying these massive cuts will set America’s national security back years, and hurt the military’s capacity to respond to current and future conflicts.

He says the Watervliet Arsenal has built America’s defense for over two centuries, and we cannot let this century be when it crumbles.