New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer urged Congress not to rush to create a federal insurance regulator just because state oversight of the bond insurance industry is under intense scrutiny.
Gov. Spitzer made his comments at a packed hearing on the state of the bond insurance industry held by the Capital Markets Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee.
Gov. Spitzer made his remarks in response to comments in an article published earlier in the week in a Capitol Hill newspaper by Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., chair of the subcommittee.
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