Nearly 50 healthcare workers, faith leaders, and others were arrested this afternoon at the Hart Senate Office Building, where they sought answers about the future of the Affordable Care Act. Their slogan: Care Not Chaos.

Dozens of people went from office to office, shouting “what’s your plan for healthcare” and urging lawmakers not to repeal the ACA without a replacement plan.

Privately, at least, many Republicans are also worried about repealing the law too hastily, according to a recording obtained by the Washington Post. “We’d better be sure that we’re prepared to live with the market we’ve created,” said Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif) in a closed door meeting. “Republicans will own that lock, stock and barrel.”

The protesters—which included clergy members, childcare providers, and home healthcare workers—came to reinforce that message and demand that any moves to repeal the law be accompanied by measures to ensure that millions of American’s remain insured. “What’s your plan for us?” they asked.

At one point, part of the group sat down in a hallway near Sen. Orrin Hatch’s office. Capitol Police arrested 47 people and charged them with “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.”

Meanwhile, in the Dirksen Building, four people were also arrested and charged with disruption of Congress for interrupting Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing, including a 70-year-old Code Pink protester.

“I say no to Jeff Sessions, no to hatred, no to racism, no to the ban on refugees,” shouted Ann Wright, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former State Department official. As police attempted to remove her, she responded in pain, “I’ll go out but you don’t need to drag me. I’ve got a hip replacement. I’m 70 years old and I can make it out on my own,” and repeated her message: “but no to racism, no to hate, no to Jeff Sessions, no to the ban on refugees!”

It is hardly the first time people have been arrested protesting Jeff Sessions’ nomination.

The opening day of his confirmation hearings started with officers escorting two protesters wearing Klu Klux Klan garb out; a total of 25 people were arrested that day.

The head of the NAACP was arrested yesterday along with 10 other protesters after staging a sit-in at Sessions’ Mobile, Alabama office. That followed a previous sit-in, on Jan. 4, in which six people were arrested.

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