Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform have sent a letter to Deborah Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center, demanding answers on the decision to lay off and furlough scores of employees — including members the National Symphony Orchestra — after the center got $25 million in coronavirus relief funding.

Fox News reported on the letter, which also asks that the center to return some of the funding:

After Democrats came under fire for successfully pushing for the center's bailout, the organization announced that it is furloughing nearly 60 percent of its full-time administrative staff from April 6 to at least May 10, and that this is "apart from the 725 hourly and part-time employees already impacted."

In a letter Tuesday to Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter, the GOP representatives demanded answers and the return of at least some of the funding they just received.

"These layoffs, whether temporary or not, are counter to the spirit of the CARES Act and are concerning to Congress," the letter said.