Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (Md.-07), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, joined Bud Nixon, Chairman of the Private Sector Port Coalition, Katrina Jones with the Maryland Port Administration, and Sharon LeGrand of the Maritime Administration to tour Baltimore City's Maritime Industries Academy and discuss new initiatives to ensure that all students enrolled in the school can explore the growing number of opportunities available in the maritime industry. While the Maritime Industries Academy can boast academic accomplishments-including a 99 percent graduation rate with 85 percent of graduates proceeding to college, impressive attendance rates, and increasing test scores-no maritime coursework was being offered in this maritime-themed school.