The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate announced that the sixth installment of The Senate Project series will feature US Senators David McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA).
The discussion will be held Monday, June 2 at 9AM/ET in the Kennedy Institute’s full-sized replica of the United States Senate Chamber in Boston. Shannon Bream, anchor of Fox News Sunday, will moderate the conversation, which will be live streamed on FOX Nation with FOX News Media as the exclusive media partner for The Senate Project.
Hatch Foundation Executive Director Matt Sandgren added, “Now entering our sixth installment, The Senate Project series continues to underscore the importance of bipartisan dialogue. This unique partnership between the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute is a model for achieving civility and solutions. We are thrilled that Senators McCormick and Fetterman have agreed to participate.”
“Vigorous and open dialogue is an essential part of our democracy and having these two senators from opposite sides of the aisle discuss important issues of the day is a valuable contribution to the public discourse,” Kennedy Institute Chairman Bruce A. Percelay said.
The Senate Project series brings together sitting US Senators from opposing parties for civil dialogue about current political issues, with the goal of identifying solutions and bridging partisan divides. The series, reflecting the shared mission of the Kennedy Institute and Hatch Foundation to advance bipartisanship.
The format will be an Oxford-style exchange of ideas conducted in front of a live audience seated on the Institute’s replica Senate floor and in galleries above.
Previous installments have featured Senators Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont); Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa); Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut); Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Chris Coons (D- Delaware); and Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island).
