Bobby Rush actually said...

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

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I yield back the balance of my time.

If we are going to break that cycle, we must take this current cold deadly serious, and we must ensure that the needs of the black community...