Hundreds of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees waited on line to find out if they still had a job. The Trump administration is trying to cut 10,000 full-time jobs from the department.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes.

Layoff notices began Tuesday, impacting workers across multiple agencies. The FDA will lose 3,500 jobs, the CDC 2,400, the National Institutes of Health 1,200, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 300, according to figures released by HHS.

A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Tuesday over $11 billion in cuts to public health grants.

The layoffs are expected to shrink the U.S. Health and Human Services Department to 62,000 positions, lopping off nearly a quarter of its staff.

The layoffs are the latest indication of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s drastic effort to completely remake the nation’s public health infrastructure.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is joining 22 other states and the District of Columbia in challenging the cancellation of more than $500 billion in public health grants for Pennsylvania agencies.

On Tuesday, the Minnesota Department of Health announced it would be making layoffs and reducing public health services following federal funding cuts.