Bobby Rush actually said...

Last April, I published an op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times entitled, When white America catches a cold, black America catches pneumonia.

It is clear, in my opinion, that rural America is in the same boat as too often left behind by our recovery efforts.

the time is right now, and we should move to bring this matter to a markup.

I humbly submit to you that it should be scrapped and that you don't put new wine into old wineskins.