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Secretary Duffy tells appropriators the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is dilapidated and needs investment
3313102 · May 15, 2025
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the United States Merchant Marine Academy has serious maintenance problems — including months without hot water and broken dishwashers — and urged funding and oversight to rehabilitate the school and its facilities.
During the appropriations hearing, Secretary Sean Duffy raised conditions at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and called for targeted investment and oversight to remedy what he described as dilapidated facilities.
Duffy told the subcommittee students at the academy had endured four months without hot water and that…
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