WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. Capitol Police arrest protesters who shouted and interrupted a Senate Finance Committee hearing about the proposed Graham-Cassidy Healthcare Bill in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. Demonstrators disrupted the hearing to protest the legislation, the next in a series of Republican proposals to replace the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

More than 180 protesters were arrested Monday inside and outside a Capitol Hill hearing room where the Senate Finance Committee was holding a session on health care legislation, according to the U.S. Capitol Police.

Police said 15 people were arrested in the hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office building, where protests were disrupting the proceedings, the police said.

In addition, police said, 166 people were arrested outside in the hallway outside. Police said 166 people were arrested outside the hearing room after orders to cease unlawful demonstrations were not heeded.