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On the recordFebruary 2, 2009
I certainly don't dispute the fact that credit default swaps play an important role in our financial institutions, but they are insurance, they are a financial guaranty and ought to be treated as such.
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Joe Morelle
Democratic · New York

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Morelle asserts that credit default swaps should be regulated as insurance products.

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