美国教育部长琳达·麦克马洪计划花费4.3万美元购置新办公家具，同时推动关闭教育部，此举引发关于浪费和虚伪的批评。
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她的团队表示，现有家具已磨损，不适合新办公空间。搬入更小的建筑每年预计可节省约500万美元。
Her team says the current furniture is worn out and will not fit the new office space. The move to a smaller building should save about US$5 million a year.
报道发布后，参议员帕蒂·默里和塔米·鲍德温敦促她“重新考虑这项浪费性采购”。旧教育部大楼未来可能移交给能源部，但需要2.15亿美元的翻修费用。
After the report, Senators Patty Murray and Tammy Baldwin urged her to “reconsider this wasteful purchase”. The old Education building may later go to the Energy Department, but it needs US$215 million in renovations.
华盛顿讯——美国教育部长琳达·麦克马洪计划花费4.3万美元（约合新元5.5万元）为其政府办公室购置新家具，这项办公空间改造正值她游说国会关闭其所在部门之际。
AI generated WASHINGTON – US Education Secretary Linda McMahon plans to spend US$43,000 (S$55,000) on new furniture for her government office, a work space makeover that comes as she lobbies Congress to shut down her department.
麦克马洪的团队已向国会通报，她目前的家具已磨损，且“无法在配置或美观上融入该机构的新办公空间”，据《纽约时报》审阅的教育部记录显示，这些记录此前未公开披露。
McMahon’s team has informed Congress that her current furniture is worn out and “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated into the agency’s new office space”, according to Education Department records reviewed by The New York Times that have not been publicly disclosed.