这位正寻求关闭教育部的特朗普盟友曾表示，办公地点搬迁每年将为纳税人节省480万美元。特朗普政府坚称其备受争议的教育削减正在节省“数百万美元”，此前有报道称，教育部长琳达·麦克马洪计划花费约4.3万美元为其办公室购置新家具。
Trump ally, who is seeking to shutter the department, had said office relocation would save taxpayers $4.8m annually The Trump administration has insisted its controversial education cuts are saving “millions of dollars” after it was reported that Linda McMahon, secretary of education, is planning to spend roughly $43,000 on new furniture for her office.
据《纽约时报》看到的非公开记录，麦克马洪的办公室告诉国会，部长目前的家具已经磨损，“无法在配置或美观上融入该机构的新办公空间”。
McMahon’s office told Congress that the secretary’s current furniture was worn out and “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated into the agency’s new office space”, according to non-public records seen by the New York Times.