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FOX News Media’s Shannon Bream Will Moderate the Discussion, Co-Hosted by the Kennedy Institute and the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation

BOSTON — MAY 22, 2025 — The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate and the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation announced that the sixth installment of The Senate Project series will feature US Senators John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) and David McCormick (R-Pennsylvania).

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. 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.

“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. 

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.”

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, Republican of South Carolina, and Bernie Sanders, the liberal Vermont Independent; Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, and Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa; and Marco Rubio, then a Republican Senator from Florida, and Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware.

Media who wish to cover the event should request press credentials by emailing Joe Zarbano at jzarbano@regancomm.com with their name, outlet, and coverage details by Thursday, May 29.

Location: 

Edward M. Kennedy Institute 

210 Morrissey Blvd

On UMass campus directly across from The John F. Kennedy library 

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Media Contacts: 

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