mirrors the federal religious freedom and restoration act that was passed in 1993 and signed by president clinton. i came to congress after that, but i sat on the judiciary committee and the house of representatives that considered these amendments, had hearings on this federal religious freedom of restoration act. and so i m somewhat familiar with it. and how it s played out across the country. it was my intention, because the federal law doesn t cover state causes of action that we have a similar law in arkansas. but we wanted to have it crafted similar to what is at the federal level. to do that, though, changes needed to be made. the bill that is on my desk at the present time does not precisely mirror the federal law. it doesn t mirror it in a couple of ways, particularly allowing
major political news going on this hour. we expect to know whether arkansas will join indiana this week in adopting a religious freedom bill that sparked outrage. asa hutchinson is facing ee nrm us new pressure in light of what happened in indiana. at 11:30 eastern, he ll have a news conference. we ll take you there live. it was approved by the arkansas legislature yesterday similar to indiana s. also similar to indiana, the measure has prompted backlash among business, especially this business. retail giant walmart. it s based in arkansas, they have come out against the measure. walmart urging the governor to veto, not sign on to the bill. walmart, the biggest private employer in that state. that s a big deal. also at this hour. new ddl s in indiana concerning their version of the bill. that state s governor pledged a fix and clarify that the law