Democratic lawmakers from Maryland are reacting to a memo sent by the White House asking agencies to consider mass layoffs of federal workers if there is a government shutdown. The deadline to reach a funding agreement is Oct. 1.

So far, 15,000 Marylanders have lost their jobs because of the Trump administration's cuts, the most of any state in the country, according to Democratic Congressman Johnny Olszewski, from Maryland.

"Maryland is disproportionately affected. We don't want to have a shutdown," Olszewski said.

In the memo obtained by CBS News , agencies are asked to consider reduction-in-force notices — a federal term for layoffs — for employees in programs, projects or activities that have discretionary funding that stops on Oct. 1 or that don't have any alternative sourc

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