Derek Tran (D-Calif.) is introducing legislation that would require the government to rehire veterans who were terminated without reason under the Trump administration’s mass layoffs across federal departments and agencies.

A freshman Democratic congressman is introducing a bill to protect the jobs of veterans working for the government amid mass firings by the Trump administration.

"They glorify veterans in speeches and pictures, but when push comes to shove, they're putting these families in real jeopardy," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

The bill is unlikely to advance in the Republican-controlled House but shows how Democrats are trying to harness public backlash to DOGE.