Former Florida Congressmen To Shine Light On Washington, D.C.

TAMPA, FL – Former congressmen and one-time U.S. Senate rivals David Jolly (R, Belleair Bluffs) and Patrick Murphy (D, Jupiter) are taking their “Why Gridlock Rules Washington and How We Can Solve the Crisis” town hall tour to SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124.

The one-hour national town hall will be recorded in front of a live studio audience in Washington, D.C., and broadcast on Sept. 21 at 2 p.m., Sept. 22 at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Sept. 23 at 10 p.m. The town hall will be moderated by Tim Farley, host of the Morning and Midday Briefing on SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124.

“Even in times of great disagreement, we can find common ground to solve the issues facing our country,” Murphy said. “The response from these town halls suggests there’s a tremendous appetite for bipartisan leadership and I’m happy to help advance this discussion with my former colleague Congressman Jolly.”

Tim Farley, host and managing editor of SiriusXM’s nonpartisan politics channel POTUS 124 said he's looking forward to broadcast.

“I truly enjoy hosting programs where we do our best to untangle the knot of Washington tug-of-war politics," he said. "This will be one of those programs.”

Since launching their tour last year, Jolly and Murphy have conducted more than 20 town halls around the country including Sunshine State stops at the University of Florida, Florida International University, the University of Miami, Florida State University, the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida.

Jolly and Murphy launched the tour in 2017 to try and pull back the curtain on Washington and shine a light on the inside reasons why D.C. is in a state of chaos and dysfunction.

The Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board called the town hall tour "a worthwhile effort to educate Floridians and build broader support for reforms that would encourage more bipartisanship and consensus-building to tackle the nation's most pressing challenges.”

During their years in Congress, Murphy, a Democrat, represented a Republican-leaning district in South Florida, while Jolly, a Republican, represented a Democrat-leaning district on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Jolly and Murphy found ways to work together on seemingly intractable issues of responsible debt reduction, climate change and the environment, public safety, federal firearm policies, and campaign finance reform. For nearly a year, the two also faced off as opponents in a U.S. Senate race with Jolly and Murphy both seeking their party’s respective nomination.

More information about the tour, click here.

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