Advocates for the Green New Deal descended on Capitol Hill Monday, and demonstrations led by activist organization Sunrise Movement resulted in dozens of arrests in and around the Russell Senate office building.

Protesters were focused on getting the attention of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who announced before the Presidents Day recess that he would bring the New Deal Resolution to a vote in the Senate.

The group, which included people from McConnell’s home state of Kentucky, filled the entryway of his office and lined hallways of the Russell building. As common for most lawmakers in leadership roles, McConnell works primarily out of his office in the Capitol building, not the one in Russell.

“Look us in the eye and tell us that the $1.9 million from oil companies is worth more than our lives,” said one young Kentuckian, referencing campaign contributions from industry groups McConnell’s campaigns have accepted.

“We have rights to good jobs and a livable future,” read the black t-shirts that many of the demonstrators wore.