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Senators Criticize Duffy for Road Trip Paid for by Corporate Donors

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- U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took a 24-day road trip funded by corporate donors including Boeing and Toyota.
- Democratic Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Patty Murray criticized the trip.
- Duffy defended the trip as promoting tourism with no taxpayer money used.
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed an ethics complaint.
- Duffy stated the trip was approved by an ethics official and provided no financial benefit to him or his family.


