Congresswoman Murphy returns pay from shutdown, travels to Middle East

Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy from Winter Park followed through on her commitment to give up her salary for each day of the federal government shutdown.

Murphy said she wrote a check worth $1,430 to the U.S. Treasury, equivalent to three days of her salary.

Murphy is also a part of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s week-long bipartisan trip to the Middle East.  The trip also includes Mac Thornberry, Devin Nunes, Vern Buchanan, Liz Cheney, and Scott Taylor.

The CODEL (Congressional Delegation) trip first made a refueling stop at Moron Air Base in Moron, Spain where they met with members of the U.S. military and received a mission briefing from the Marine Corps’ Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force.