Place. We gather at that breakfast for prayer, and to share some time with each other every wednesday morning. Just as were doing this morning. With people from so many different states, different countries, background faiths and beliefs. Wee remind this morning of journey, the journey of faith were all on. We believe that faith is a exist, a gift that were blessed by today and expressed gratitude. Senator wicker. [applause] thank you, bob. The Senate Prayer breakfast dates back to world war ii when a group of legislators met in the senate restaurant. We can only imagine the conversations that took place during those early days as the deadliest conflict in Human History swept the globe. Then as now the weekly meetings which occur when the senate is in session, have remained largely low profile. January 1943, an article from the Washington Post describes them as without fanfare front page publicity or ballyhoo. That is still true. In many ways our Prayer Breakfast is a welcome sanctuary
I want to follow up on a couple of questions that the chairman asked. You make the point that preemption has sometimes been narrow. In fact, that concept of protection is that there should be preemption only if there are state laws inconsistent with federal laws and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. That is a quote from one of those statutes. In the Health Information Technology Act that principle of narrow preemption has been adopted. Has the experience than with that narrow approach to preemption that there are these horrible inconsistencies or confusion that are witnesses seem to raise of avoiding reaction . Know, senator. The concern from the state level, as you are aware, and we are assuming you guys will pass something this year it took 10 years or congress to pass a breach notification law. There are new threats out there or again, threats that specifically target a group of people, consumers in our state. Or there is a rapidly changing area. We want to be able to re
And both houses of congress are announcing theyll be back in session next monday raising hopes for another Coronavirus Relief package. Our nbc news team is standing by with all the very latest on these developments. Katy tur is in new jersey where there is a new plan to open up but so far, no date has been set. Garrett haake is in texas where reopenings are set for this friday. Thats taking place with restrictions and carol lee is at the white house with us. As we just outlined there, new jersey is still the second hardest hit state in the country. How will officials there decide when it is safe to reopen up . Reporter so they dont have a date as you said for the reopening, ayman. It is currently a stayathome order that is in effect indefinitely. But the governor came out with a plan with what he needs to reopen. He needs a decline in cases, a 14day decline in hospitalizations and the number of confirmed cases. They also need a lot more testing in this state. Rutgers has a test that th
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