get their bottle of wine noticed, but for mac mcdonald, being noticed in a crowd has never been a oblem. from his overalls to his straw hat, mac is about as an original character to the wine industry as it comes, but he's banking on exactly that fact as he tries to bridge the gap between his heritage and a new blend of wine drinkers. >> it's to promote wine to all nationalities, but with special interest on the african-american community. and i think that it's good for the wine industry. i don't say you have to drink african-american wine. i just want folks to drink wine. you may not like vision cellars phnot noir. that's ok. >> and mac couldn't have come into the industry at a better time. new research shows that only a handful of wineries are actually owned by african-americans, yet they make up more than 10% of the nation's wine drinkers, which is exactly why mac and a new generation of winemakers are entering the business and trying to educate others about this special way of life. >> this whole wine industry goes along with farming. i-it's-- it's all about a lifestyle, not--not abo

during that same period of time, although it was not his discovery, the ozone layer oblem was discovered. in 1986 president reagan signed the wetlands protection act in 1986. the right to know laws list in 1986. the moorpt protocol was signed by the president in 1987. standards for underground storage tanks in 1988. sewage ocean dumping ban came about in 1988. pesticide ban use on foods came under president bush. the pollution prevention act. acid rain controls enacted. the energy star program. he has just a few, and i won't go into the many under president clinton and the few that hav taken place under president obama. but with that said, there seems to be this act against the environmental protection agency that suggests that they have been harmful in some way. that's another word for demonize. that they've been harmful. the e.p.a. all of these things that have been done throughout all of this time that have helped our environment i just for the life ofe don't understand why it is now we want to slow down this process and allow for analysis that is already being done to be delayed. we

we have some fundamental differences in how we view the oblems and more importantly the solutions facing our country. both sides recognize that we have high unemployment, historally high, 30 months of unemployment over 8%, 14 million americans out of work. both sides want the economy to grow and people to get back to work. but one side believes that more regulations by the last account some 219 in the pipeline coming from this administration, more regulations, more spending money that we don't have, more government interference will somehow get americans back to work. and the other side, mr. speaker, believes that employers, the private sector, small businesses, entrepreneurs, middle sized businesses and large businees create jobs. put americans to work. now, the national labor relations act haas, as has been discussed, has been around for a long time. neher side is suggesting that americans don't have the right to organize and to bargain. i beg to differ wi my colleagues on the other side. that's not what this is about. but what we have here is a case whe the act creates a board which b

let's attack the real oblem that we have. it is a jobs crisis. if we do infrastructure, we do the faa, we do the stuff about water that tom talked about -- we lose hundreds of millions of gallons of clean water every day because the systems that they're traveling over right now let them go. so taxpayers pay to clean the water and then it trysts back out and gets lost. if we do not something with infrastructure in the next 15 years, it will cost taxpayers about $10 trillion in increased cost. we can do better than this. talk to your representatives. tell them that the time is past talking. come back and do what has been done f the past 30 years. with surface transportation, with a a, with clean water, and others, -- with faa, with clean water, and others, we will be much better off. >> is there a chance of getting a long term bill right away? on the transpoation side? >>i think that the president will stick to what he was saying yesterday for the congress to pass a short-term extension. the current bill runs out and thtaxes to pay for it run out o

it seems like you have a oblem. there are a lot of empty, foreclosed properties. u have a lot of people that need houses. i wonder if any work has been re.e to connect the dots thei thank you. guest: you ask a couple of good questions and raise a couple of points. there was an articlen "the washington post" that showed that a lot of folks that are about -- are voucher recipients are able to rent very nice single-family homes because they are in the process of being foreclosed on. it has opened a lot of supply of rental housing to about shoulders -- voucher-holders. in some areas, voucr-holds who used to live in apartments are now living in single-family homes. as far as a study of how the value would be borne by churches, i'm not aware of it. i do not think it is possible for the slack to be taken up by somebody else, nonprofit in particular. there is an impact on communities if you do not have rental assistance. folks have to earn a two or three tim the minimum wage to be able to afford a two-bedroom apartment. i do not know where the woodwork if they did not liv

would you submit a proper answer informing me of what we have to do to address that particular oblem? >> i would be happy to do that. >> do you know of these drugs have been stored properly to ensure the effectiveness, whether they have been delivered or whether they are free of self and contaminants or -- yes or no? >> unfortunatelwe know very little about the products in the market. >> as i mentioned the many factors to maintain the records establishing the drugs and its materials would produce and putting all the information relative to the producers, and the manufacturers, distributors and importers with such legislation and such power assist with the safety of these kind of pharmaceuticals? yes or no? >> we want to appoint a safety and quality. >> american consumers and patience are facing three problems. one, are the drugs available and affordable, are the drugs they need a safe and number three, are they efficacious? do they work? >> i believe the committee needs to examine these issues carelly. our colleagues on the senate, mr. harkin and mr. enzi have already called to improv

budgetary pressures we face today has forced us to seek alternatives in financing to address this oblem. many believe, myself included, that the creation of a national infrastructure bank or a financing authority would greatly improve our nation's ability to attract private- sector debt and equity capital to help raise these important private capital is willing to fill the infrastructure gap where other funding sources. e burden cannot be on federal funds. actually, many industry consultants prict there is almost $150 billion of equity capital targeted for infrastructure and over $100 -plus billion has been raised to date. it is important to align with long-term private investment that we have with a workable, regulatory structure. the u.s. could takeritical first steps towards attraing this capital to rebuild our infrastructure. while the details of a national infrastructure bank or financing authority continue to be worked out and debated, i think we can all agree that we should have a broad approach and funding projects in areas such as transportation, energy, electricity, water and