Electricity generation already and we hope to build on the progress that is currently going on and frankly has been going on for years at the state and local level. States are already participating in their own market based programs to cut pollution. From carbon. I should make sure that everybody says when i mean carbon, it means more than 35 states have clean energy targets. More than 25 have already set Energy Efficiency goals and have cut their energy waste and over 1000 mayors across the country have signed agreements to cut Carbon Pollution. Clearly, states and local communities are doing their jobs as incubators of innovation leading the way to cleaner, more affordable, more sustainable energy. Fighting Climate Change makes Good Business sense. Thats worth repeating. Climate change just makes Good Business sense. As the president has pointed out, more than 500 businesses, including gm and nike, called this and i quote, one of the greatest opportunities of the 21st century. So we
Behind me and that did not happen. You did not negotiate. We could get a photo of you afterward. Ok. Well, lets go to a committee now, not a subcommittee. The two gentlemen to my right and left have had ample opportunity to sit in the stuffed chairs behind me. Barney frank cocreated the legislation known as dodd frank. To my right is the honorable bill thomas, who served in congress until 2007. He was the chair of the house ways and means committee. And for purposes here today, he was the vicechairman of of the financial crisis inquiry commission. To my left is a member of the fcic who i have known for many years, headed the cbo for 4 years, was john mccains economic adviser, and was on the council of economic advisers. A guy who, for whatever reason, when he calls me up to do this stuff, i always say yes. There may be people who do not know what cbo means. It is the Congressional Budget Office. Barney and i have one thing in common, if nothing else, we were frustrated over and over ag
30day recommendations of the guidelines, thats essentially what it is. I mean i know its difficult but were having a lot of suffering, a lot of death. This is inconvenient from an economic and personal standpoint but we just have to do it. Thats our major weapon against this virus right now. We dont have a vaccine thats deployable. This is the only thing we have. We can get through it. Sandra First Responders have arrived in new york city from all over the country to tackle the unprecedented amount of 911 phone calls in the city. Fox Team Coverage for you this morning, john roberts has more on the white house response. We begin with David Lee Miller live in new york city for us this morning. Hey, david lee. Sandra, it seems that each day here in new york is worse than the last and today is no exception. Statewide the number of people infected with the coronavirus is now approaching 100,000. Just a short time ago here at mt. Sinai hospital in new yorks east side nurses and other healthc